Class  History 

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THE 

Class  of  "Fifty  Eight" 
University  of  Michigan 


1858  to  1913 


Compiled  by 

Lyster  M.  O'Brien 

Published  by 

Liberty  E.  Holden 

1913 


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INTRODUCTION. 


TO  MY  Classmates  now  living,  and  to  the  children  of  my 
Classmates,  now  dead,  I  respectfully  introduce  this  Class 
History. 

It  was  prepared  by  our  classmate,  Colonel  L.  M.  O'Brien. 
No  other  member  of  the  class,  now  living,  had  the  time,  the 
patience  or  the  ability  to  have  written  this  history.  We  are  all 
fortunate  in  his  loyalty,  his  devotion  and  his  rare  patience,  as 
admirably  applied  in  this  work.  I  know  the  time  he  has  given, 
and  under  what  obligations  we  all  are  to  him. 

I  cannot  tell  the  pleasure  it  was  for  me  on  our  Fiftieth 
Anniversary  in  1908  to  have  all  the  living  members  of  our  class, 
except  two,  as  my  guests  in  the  grove  that  we  planted  on  the 
campus  around  the  Oak,  which  fifty  years  previous,  we  dedicated 
as  the  Tappan  Oak  in  honor  of  the  grand  old  man,  Henry  P. 
Tappan,  then  President  of  the  University  of  Michigan. 

Goethe  said,  in  his  introduction  to  Faust,  "Give  me  back  my 
youth;  give  me  back  the  days  when  I  was  forming."  I  would 
say,  "Give  me  back  the  days  when  I  was  forming  and  give  me 
back  the  classmates  I  had  in  the  University  of  Michigan;  give 
me  back  the  old  professors  and  Dr.  Tappan,  friend,  teacher,  and 
President."  After  all  these  years  of  work  and  study,  I  know 
to  appreciate  their  value,  and  I  know  how  to  value  great  teachers 
and  the  higher  education. 

L.    E.    HOLDEN. 


AUTHORITIES. 


IN  THE  compilation  of  this  volume  recourse  has  been  had 
to  Chase's  University  Book  of  1880,  to  the  General  Cata- 
logues of  the  University  of  Michigan,  published  in  1891 
and  in  1901 ;  also  to  the  History  of  the  University  published  in 
1905,  and  to  the  material  relating  to  the  Class  collected  by  E. 
Bruce  Chandler,  its  Secretary  for  many  years,  much  of  which 
is  contained  in  clippings  from  newspapers  published  at  the  time. 
We  have  also  corresponded  with  the  living  members  of  the 
class  and  have  received  personal  sketches  of  their  lives. 

For  the  military  history  of  those  who  served  in  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion  we  have  corresponded  with  the  Adjutant  Generals 
of  the  States  in  whose  regiments  they  served,  and  have  con- 
sulted the  Adjutant  General's  reports  of  the  State  of  Michigan 
1861-65,  "Michigan  in  the  War,"  by  General  John  Robertson, 
printed  by  the  State  of  Michigan  in  1882,  and  to  the  Regimental 
Volumes  of  the  several  regiments  also  published  by  the  State 
pursuant  to  the  act  of  1903. 


PREFACE, 


AT  THE  Fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  class  of  '58,  the  Pres- 
ident, L.  E.  Holden,  moved  that  the  Secretary,  L.  M. 
O'Brien,  collect  the  material  for  a  history  of  the  class. 
This  was  unanimously  approved.  Thereupon  Mr.  Holden  offered 
to  publish  the  history,  which  offer  was  gratefully  accepted  by 
the  class. 

The  work  of  collection  and  compilation  was  undertaken  in 
the  winter  of  1908-9  and  has  been  prosecuted  up  to  the  time  of 
publication. 

Owing  to  the  many  years  since  the  class  graduated;  the 
lack  of  data  respecting  several  of  its  members;  and  the  meager 
record  relating  to  some  of  the  class  reunions,  of  which  no  com- 
plete record  was  found  beyond  a  few  newspaper  clippings  and 
notices,  difficulty  was  encountered  in  the  collection  of  material 
for  this  volume. 

This  was,  however,  greatly  lightened  by  the  valuable  records 
collected  by  E.  Bruce  Chandler,  the  zealous  and  enthusiastic  Sec- 
retary of  the  class  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1904,  and  which 
were  turned  over  to  the  compiler  by  his  son,  George  M.  Chandler, 
of  Chicago. 

This  history  is  confined  to  the  Literary  and  Scientific  grad- 
uates of  '58,  no  attempt  being  made  to  include  those  who  from 
'54  to  '58  were  at  times  connected  with  the  class.  To  trace  the 
history  of  these  non-graduates  would  have  been  at  this  late  date 
a  most  difficult  task  and  would  have  prolonged  its  publication 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  time  available  to  this  work.  Much  as 
this  might  have  added  to  its  interest. 

The  procuring  of  information  from  the  living  graduates  of 
'58  was  a  simple  and  easy  matter,  the  living  members  having 
been  directly  heard  from  with  the  exception  of  one.  But  when 
it  was  sought  to  obtain  the  records  of  those  who  had  "passed 
beyond"  it  was  found  that  in  some  cases  little  more  than  a  brief 
mention  of  their  life's  work  and  death  was  obtainable.  In  these 
and  other  cases  the  best  information  was  found  in   Chase's 


University  Book  of  1880  and  in  the  Necrology  of  the  Michigan 
Alumnus. 

The  college  days  of  fifty  years  ago,  differed  greatly  from 
those  of  today.  Then,  the  University  was  in  its  infancy.  Today 
it  has  attained  a  vigorous  manhood.  And  yet  it  may  be  doubted 
if  as  close  a  personal  relationship  exists  today  between  the 
student  and  the  Professors  as  existed  then,  or  if  even  the  feeling 
of  "class  relationships"  and  "esprit  de  corps"  is  stronger,  or  as 
strong,  for  that  matter,  as  it  was  in  former  years. 

The  class  of  '58  prides  itself  upon  the  strength  and  warmth 
of  its  affection  for  the  Professors,  and  appreciation  of  their  work 
for  "Alma  Mater,"  and  the  interest  it  always  took  in  the  class- 
reunions  since  graduation. 

Better  evidence  of  this  attachment  and  interest  cannot  be 
found  than  in  the  many  personal  references  to  the  Faculty  of 
'54-'58  in  the  sketches  furnished  by  members,  and  in  the  record 
of  the  class  reunions. 

The  work  of  compiling  this  volume  has  been  of  deep  interest. 
The  result  is  submitted  to  the  kind  consideration  of  the  living 
graduates  of  the  class  of  '58,  and  to  the  descendants  of  the  class- 
mates who  have  "gone  over  the  Great  Divide." 


NOTE  BY  PUBLISHER. 


These  records  were  given  by  Colonel  O'Brien  to  L.  E.  Holden, 
my  father,  and  by  my  father  to  me  to  be  published  and  distrib- 
uted for  him. 

I  have  no  means  of  determining  the  accuracy  of  the  items 
and  I  believe  that  they  have  not  been  carried  to  a  date  later  than 
Colonel  O'Brien's  death,  April  12th,  1912.  The  material  was 
gathered  by  Colonel  O'Brien  chiefly  and  turned  over  to  my  father 
at  the  time  of  his  promise  to  publish  it.  Shortly  before  my  fa- 
ther's death,  he  requested  me  to  have  these  records  printed  and 
distributed  to  his  classmates  and  their  children.  At  a  consider- 
able disadvantage  I  have  read  the  proof  as  best  I  could. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  furnish  copies  to  any  member  of  the  class 
of  '58  and  to  the  children  of  any  member  and  to  friends  of  the 
class.  There  have  been  ordered  two  hundred  and  fifty  copies, 
which  those  who  desire  may  obtain  by  writing  to  G.  S.  Holden, 
Plain  Dealer  Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

I  should  be  grateful  for  the  present  addresses  of  living  mem- 
bers and  for  those  of  children  of  deceased  members  of  the  class 
of  '58. 

(Signed)  G.  S.  HOLDEN. 


T 


SUMMARY 
Written  by  Col.  O'Brien  in  1911. 
Some  of  the  members  have  since  died. 

HE  class  of  '58  numbered  forty-eight  upon  graduation. 
LAWYERS 


Of  this  number  twenty-four    (Beckwith,   Danforth, 

Dennis,  Fritchey,  Gavin,  Graves,  Green,  Holden,  Johnson, 

Loomis,  Miller,  Moody,  Moore,  Mott,  Mykrantz,  O'Brien,  Prentis, 

Price,  Quinby,  Smith,  Snoddy,  Stearns,  Thompson,  and  Wall) 

studied  law  and  were  admitted  to  practice. 

Beckwith  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '60  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Bay  City,  Mich.    d.  '85. 

Danforth  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Ann 
Arbor  in  '60.  In  '62,  he  removed  to  Detroit  and  in  '67  began 
business  as  a  patent  attorney  in  New  York  City,  and  manager 
of  Danforth  &  Co.  Investor's  Exchange.  In  '74  he  became  col- 
lecting attorney  for  H.  B.  Chaflin  &  Co.    d.  '81. 

Dennis,  after  practicing  for  about  eleven  years  at  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas,  was  appointed  State  Librarian  of  Kansas  in 
1881,  and  held  this  position  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1894. 

Fritchey  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  shortly  after  his  graduation  and  retired  from  practice  in 
1879.     d.  '97. 

Gavin  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Detroit  after  his  gradua- 
tion and  practiced  his  profession  there,    d.  '61. 

Graves  practiced  law  in  Detroit  until  1869  when  he  was 
appointed  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  for  the  Dis- 
trict of  Michigan,  and  United  States  Commissioner  in  1873.  d. 
1902. 

Green  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  in  '60  and 
practiced  his  profession  there,  both  before  and  after  he  entered 
the  U.  S.  Service  ('62-'63).    d.  1910. 

Holden,  shortly  after  admittance  to  the  bar  in  1861  went 
into  business  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  buying  and  selling  and  improv- 
ing real  estate,  and  became  interested  in  iron  mines  in  Lake 
Superior.  In  1875  he  moved  to  Utah  and  there  became  interested 
in  and  took  charge  of  extensive  silver-lead  mines.  In  1890  he 
returned  to  Cleveland,  where  he  became  identified  with  the  bus- 
iness interests  of  that  city,  and  erected  several  large  buildings, 
among  them  the  Hollenden  Hotel  and  the  Plain  Dealer  Building. 
He  became  much  interested  of  late  years  in  the  development  of 
Good  Hold  Farm,  twenty  miles  east  of  Cleveland,  in  the  town  of 
Mentor,  where  he  had  over  a  thousand  acres  of  excellent  land, 
devoted  to  scientific  farming,    d.  1913. 


12  CLASS   HISTORY 

Johnson,  after  the  war,  practiced  his  profession  at  Elkhart, 
Ind.,  '66-'86.  He  then  went  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  and  was 
clerk  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court  from  '86-'88  and  was  attorney 
at  law  at  Las  Vegas,  N.  M.,  '88-'90 ;  returned  to  Goshen,  Ind.,  in 
1890  and  became  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Johnson,  Osborne 
&  Kerr.     d.  1901. 

Loomis  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1868,  and  practiced  law 
at  Lapeer,  Mich.,  '68-'73.  He  moved  to  Blue  Rapids,  Kansas,  in 
'73,  was  Postmaster  there  '76-'84,  Mayor  for  three  years,  and 
member  of  the  High  School  Board  for  twelve  years,  and  was  in 
mercantile  business  there  since  1896.    d.  1903. 

Miller,  after  practicing  his  profession  for  many  years  at 
Adrian,  Mich.,  became  interested  in  real  estate,  in  banking  and 
manufacturing;  and  in  timber  and  farming  lands  in  Michigan, 
relinquishing  his  law  practice  in  1891.    d.  1908. 

Moody  began  the  practice  of  the  law  at  Leavenworth,  Kan- 
sas, in  the  winter  of  '58-'59 ;  entered  the  Military  Service  of  the 
U.  S.  in  '62  and  in  '66  moved  to  Mound  City,  Kansas,  where  he 
edited  the  "Border  Sentinel"  and  engaged  in  various  literary 
work.  During  the  period  from  '65  to  '95  he  became  interested 
in  the  political  affairs  of  his  state  and  was  a  member  of  both 
houses  in  the  legislature  for  several  terms. 

Moore  practiced  his  profession  for  many  years  at  Chilli- 
cothe,  Mo.,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  Missouri  Legislature  for  two  terms,  '69  and  '71.    d.  1902. 

Mott  never  practiced  his  profession,  entering  the  U.  S. 
service  in  1861  and  was  mortally  wounded  in  action  June  21,  '63. 

Mykrantz,  both  before  and  after  his  admittance  to  the  bar, 
devoted  much  of  his  time  to  educational  work. 

O'Brien  entered  the  Volunteer  Service  in  '62  and  in  the 
spring  of  '66  was  commissioned  in  the  Regular  Army  of  the  U.  S. 
continuing  in  active  service  until  his  retirement  in  1900.  d.  April 
12,  1912. 

Prentis  has  retired  from  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Detroit,  Mich. 

Price  practiced  his  profession  at  Galesburg,  111.,  subsequent 
to  '59,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Legislature  '70-'72,  and 
a  Presidential  Elector  in  '76.    d.  '97. 

Quinby  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Detroit  in  1859,  and 
began  the  practice  of  law,  becoming  at  the  same  time  Court 
Reporter  of  the  "Free  Press"  and  in  a  short  time  a  regular  mem- 
ber of  the  staff  of  this  paper  and  gave  up  his  law  practice,  d. 
1908. 

Smith  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  '69  and  practiced  his 
profession  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  with  the  exception  of  the  year 
(1870)  when  he  was  in  Elkhart,  Ind.    d.  '88. 


MICHIGAN  58  13 

Snoddy  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  '59,  at 
Leavenworth,  Kansas;  in  the  fall  of  '60  he  was  elected  to  the 
Territorial  Legislature  of  Kansas.  When  the  war  broke  out  he 
entered  the  U.  S.  Service  but  was  obliged  to  resign  in  the  summer 
of  '63,  on  account  of  disease  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty.  He 
returned  to  Mound  City,  Kansas,  where  he  again  resumed  his 
law  practice.  He  and  his  brother,  James  D.  Snoddy,  in  1864, 
published  the  first  number  of  the  "Border  Sentinel"  at  Mound 
City.    d.    '64. 

Stearns  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Rochester, 
Minn.,  in  '60.  He  was  elected  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  his 
county  in  '61  and  after  his  active  service  in  the  U.  S.  Vols,  from 
'62  to  '65,  he  resumed  his  duties  of  Prosecuting  Attorney,  to 
which  he  had  again  been  elected.  In  January,  1871,  he  was 
elected  U.  S.  Senator.  In  the  spring  of  '72  he  removed  to  Duluth 
and  in  '74  he  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Eleventh  Judicial  Dis- 
trict of  Minnesota;  was  elected  to  the  same  office  for  a  term  of 
seven  years,  and  was  re-elected  three  times  without  opposition, 
d.  '96. 

Thompson  entered  upon  the  practice  of  the  law  in  '60  at 
East  Saginaw,  Mich.  At  the  close  of  his  active  service  in  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion  ('62-'65)  he  returned  to  East  Saginaw  and 
resumed  his  law  practice  until  '88.  In  '66  he  was  appointed 
City  Attorney,  was  again  appointed  to  that  office  and  held  it  for 
two  years.  In  '87  he  was  appointed  Jay  Professor  of  Law  in 
the  University  of  Michigan  and  has  continued  to  fill  the  chair 
until  the  present  time. 

Wall  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Illinois  in  '59,  was  elected 
State  Attorney  Third  Judicial  Circuit,  111.,  in  '64  and  was  elected 
Judge  of  this  Circuit  in  '77  and  re-elected  in  '79,  '85  and  '91, 
his  term  of  service  expiring  in  '97.  He  has  been  President  of 
the  Illinois  State  Board  of  Law  Examiners  since  '79.  He  has 
retired  from  practice. 

BUSINESSMEN 

The  following  members  of  the  class  engaged  in  business  of 
various  kinds,  viz:  Askew,  Chandler,  Neff,  Patterson  and 
Prutzman. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  in  which  Askew  won  recognition  for 
"gallant  and  meritorious  services,"  he  moved  in  1866  to  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  and  went  into  business  with  his  brother,  Wilson,  and 
an  uncle,  William  Askew,  in  "wholesale  harness  and  saddlery," 
which  grew  to  be  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  Missouri 
Valley.    Of  this  company  he  was  Vice  President. 

Chandler  entered  the  employ  of  the  Rock  Island  Railroad 
as  telegraph  operator  in  1859.     In  1865  he  was  appointed  the 


14  CLASS   HISTORY 

first  Superintendent  of  the  Department  of  Electricity  of  Chicago 
and  served  in  this  capacity  for  eleven  years.  This  position  he 
held  until  1875,  when  he  resigned  to  become  the  General  Western 
Agent  of  the  Gamewell  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Company  and  re- 
mained with  this  company  until  his  retirement  from  active  bus- 
iness in  1894.    d.  1904. 

Neff,  after  graduation  taught  school  for  some  time  and  then 
went  into  business  as  a  merchant  in  Cuba,  111.  After  several 
years  he  closed  up  this  business,  went  to  Bushnell,  111.,  and  be- 
came Superintendent  of  the  City  Schools  for  a  few  years.  He 
then  became  a  farmer  in  Fulton  Co.,  111. 

Paine  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  at  Niles,  Mich., 
after  graduation,  and  was  also  interested  in  a  banking  firm  at 
the  same  place,  but  ill-health  compelled  him  to  withdraw  from 
all  business  matters  about  1866.  Thereafter  he  spent  most  of  his 
time  in  travel  and  study,    d.  '81. 

Patterson  commenced  business  after  graduation  as  a  drug- 
gist at  Tecumseh,  Mich.  In  1873  he  was  forced  to  give  up  active 
life  on  account  of  ill-health,    d.  '73. 

Prutzman  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Three  Rivers, 
Mich.,  until  1867  and  was  in  the  manufacturing  business  from 
'67  to  '87.  In  the  latter  years  he  went  to  California,  then  to 
Oklahoma,  and  in  1892  to  Chicago  where  he  remained  until  1901, 
when  he  went  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  engaged  in  business  with 
the  Builders'  Material  Supply  Company,  with  which  he  is  still 
connected. 

EDUCATORS 

Though  several  of  the  class  engaged  in  teaching  at  various 
times,  both  during  their  college  course  and  immediately  after 
graduation,  the  following  in  particular  devoted  themselves  to 
educational  work,  viz:     Halbert,  Horner,  McLouth  and  Spence. 

Halbert  taught  mathematics  in  the  High  School  at  Kalama- 
zoo, Mich.,  in  1859-62,  and  at  Potter,  N.  Y.,  1862-66.  He  became 
Burt  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy  in  Kala- 
mazoo College,  1867-68.  He  then  engaged  in  farming  in  Liv- 
ingston Co.,  Mich.,  and  about  1890  went  to  Grandin,  N.  D.,  and 
engaged  in  farming  in  Cass  Co.  He  is  now  a  retired  farmer 
living  at  North  Fargo,  N.  D. 

Horner,  after  his  service  in  a  Michigan  regiment  during  the 
war,  in  which  he  attained  the  rank  of  Colonel,  resumed  his  work 
of  teaching  and  in  1867  was  appointed  Professor  of  Mental  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  the  University  of  Kansas  and  filled  this 
chair  ably  until  failing  health  deprived  him  of  the  power  to  work. 
d.  '74. 


MICHIGAN  58  15 

McLouth  had  a  notable  career  as  teacher  and  professor  in 
many  educational  institutions  in  Michigan,  South  Dakota  and 
Massachusetts,  devoting  his  entire  life  to  this  work,  which  is  set 
forth  at  length  in  the  sketch  of  his  life  written  by  himself,  d. 
1909. 

McOmber's  educational  work  was  confined  to  Texas,  be- 
tween the  years  from  1860  to  1878.     d.  '97. 

Spence  was  instructor,  assistant  Professor,  and  Professor 
in  turn  in  Greek,  Latin  and  French  in  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan, from  1858  to  1870,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  acting 
Presidency  of  Fisk  University  (colored)  at  Nashville,  Tenn. 
This  position  he  occupied  for  nine  years  when  he  became  Dean 
of  the  Faculty  and  Professor  of  Greek  and  French,    d.  1900. 

MINISTERS 

Burgess,  Humphrey,  Kloss  and  Stark  became  ministers. 

Burgess,  upon  graduation  entered  upon  a  theological  course, 
at  Nashotah,  Wisconsin,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  B.  D. 
in  1861  and  was  made  priest  (Protestant  Episcopal)  in  June  of 
that  year.  He  then  entered  upon  his  ministry  in  1861  and  filled 
pastorates  at  Lansing,  Mich.,  and  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  prior  to  tak- 
ing charge  at  St.  Lukes,  Plattsmouth,  Neb.,  in  1873,  where  he 
has  been  for  over  thirty-seven  years.  The  fiftieth  anniversary 
of  his  ordination  to  the  priesthood  was  celebrated  at  St.  Lukes 
in  June,  1911. 

Humphrey  was  ordained  as  "Evangelist"  in  1862,  and  was 
connected  with  churches  in  Indiana,  1861-63,  and  at  Hudson, 
Wis.,  1863-65.    d.  '65. 

Kloss  entered  the  ministry  in  1860  as  a  Lutheran  Clergyman 
for  five  years  and  then  became  a  Congregational  Minister,  and 
engaged  in  active  pastoral  work  for  forty  years.  He  then  laid 
down  the  active  duties  and  responsibilities  of  the  pastorate, 
though  he  still  preaches  occasionally. 

Stark  was  ordained  in  1862  as  a  Presbyterian  Clergyman. 
His  pastoral  work  covered  a  period  of  over  forty  years  of  active 
service  in  the  Christian  ministry,    d.  1909. 

NEWSPAPER  MEN 

Chester,  Howell  and  Quinby  engaged  in  editorial  work  fol- 
lowing their  graduation. 

Chester  became  regularly  connected  with  the  Detroit  Free 
Press  in  1858  and  after  his  service  during  the  war,  resumed  his 
connection  with  the  Free  Press.  He  became  at  one  time  City 
Editor  of  the  St.  Paul  Press  and  subsequently  was  employed  on 
the  New  York  Tribune  and  afterwards  on  Appleton's  Journal 
as  Junior  Editor,  but  finally  returned  to  the  "Free  Press"  in 


16  CLASS   HISTORY 

1878,  and  was  also  employed  at  different  times  on  other  Detroit 
papers,    d.  '91. 

Howell  became  Editor  and  Proprietor  of  the  Pontiac  Gazette 
from  1858-62.  He  became  Military  State  Agent  for  Michigan  in 
November,  '62,  and  assistant  Chief  Clerk  and  subsequently  Chief 
Clerk  in  the  Land  Office  Department  of  the  Interior  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.    d.  '88. 

Quinby  became  Court  Reporter  for  the  Detroit  "Free  Press" 
in  1859,  and  soon  became  a  regular  member  of  the  Free  Press 
staff.  In  1861  he  became  City  Editor  and  in  two  years  was 
advanced  to  the  Managing  Editorship.  In  1872  he  acquired  a 
controlling  interest  in  the  "Free  Press";  was  made  Editor-in- 
Chief  of  the  paper,  and  continued  in  active  control  up  to  within 
a  short  time  of  his  death,  except  during  an  interval  of  four  years 
beginning  in  1893,  when  he  was  Minister  to  the  Hague,  under 
appointment  by  President  Cleveland,    d.  1908. 

PHYSICIANS  AND  SURGEONS 

But  two  members  of  the  class,  Lyster  and  Sweet,  became 
Physicians  and  Surgeons. 

Lyster  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  University  in 
1860,  and  after  his  four  years'  service  during  the  war  in  a  Mich- 
igan regiment  as  Assistant  Surgeon  and  Surgeon,  took  up  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Detroit  to  the  end  of  his  life  in 
1894.  He  was  also  Lecturer  on  Surgery  at  the  U.  of  M.  1868-69 
and  Professor  of  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine  from  1888- 
1890  and  President  of  the  Detroit  College  of  Medicine  for  some 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  many  medical  societies  and  associa- 
tions, and  a  member  of  the  original  State  Board  of  Health  for 
eighteen  years,    d.  '94. 

Sweet  became  an  M.  D.  in  1865  (U.  of  M.)  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Allegan  Co.,  Mich.  In  1871  he 
moved  to  Illinois  and  in  1882  to  Missouri.  He  retained  his  pro- 
fessional standing  as  M.  D.  and  kept  up  a  running  practice  in 
spite  of  ill  health,  in  conjunction  with  Pharmacy,    d.  1911. 

CIVIL  ENGINEERS 

Mark  and  Richard  became  Civil  Engineers. 

Mark  engaged  in  that  profession  after  teaching  school  for 
five  years  following  his  graduation,  and  Richard  became  a 
farmer  as  well  as  a  surveyor,  dying  in  1905. 

KILLED  IN  CIVIL  WAR 

Buck  and  Woodruff  did  not  enter  upon  professional  life, 
both  being  killed  at  an  early  age  during  the  war,  Buck  in  '63  and 
Woodruff  in  '64. 

Mott  entered  the  volunteer  service  in  1862  and  died  of 
wounds  received  at  Upper  Aldie,  Va.,  June  21,  1863. 


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FARMERS 

Webster,  shortly  after  his  graduation  purchased  a  farm 
near  Ann  Arbor  and  for  thirty  years  was  a  farmer  until  his 
retirement  from  farm  life  in  1889. 

HISTORIES  OF  INDIVIDUAL  MEMBERS  OF  CLASS  OF  '58 
FRANK  ASKEW,  B.  S. 

Died  April  28,  1902,  at  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Frank  Askew  was  born  at  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  January  9, 
1837.  After  graduation  from  the  University,  he  spent  three 
years  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
at  St.  Clairsville,  and  during  this  period  devoted  himself  to  the 
study  of  the  law,  but  did  not  seek  admission  to  the  bar. 

In  April,  1861,  he  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  in  the  17th 
Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry  and  served  in  West  Virginia  until  the 
end  of  his  regiment's  three  months'  service.  Later  he  was  made 
Captain  in  the  15th  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  In  December, 
'62,  he  became  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  in  July,  '64,  Colonel  of 
this  regiment.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  made  Brigadier 
General  by  brevet  for  "gallant  and  meritorious  services  during 
the  war."  His  service  was  with  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland 
and  included  the  battles  of  Stone  River,  Chickamauga,  Franklin 
and  Nashville. 

In  1866  he  moved  to  Kansas  City  and  immediately  went  into 
business  with  his  brother,  Wilson  Askew,  and  an  uncle,  William 
Askew,  who  had  preceded  him  there  a  few  years  and  were  in  the 
wholesale  harness  and  saddlery  business.  It  became  known  sub- 
sequently as  the  Askew  Brothers  Wholesale  Leather  and  Sad- 
dlery Hardware,  and  grew  to  be  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in 
the  Missouri  Valley.    Of  this  Company  he  was  Vice  President. 

He  took  much  interest  in  public  affairs  and  an  active  part 
in  city  affairs.  From  1879  to  1886  he  was  a  member  of  the 
School  Board  and  was  President  of  the  Board  of  Freeholders 
when  the  charter  of  1889  was  formed.  He  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  the  Westminster  Congregational  Church  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Commandery  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion  and  of  the  G.  A.  R. 

A  widow  and  three  children  survive,  Frank  D.  and  Kirk 
Askew,  and  Mrs.  Hal  C.  Whitehead,  all  of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
They  were  the  children  of  Mary  Updegraff,  whom  General  Askew 
married  in  Kansas  City  in  1870  and  who  died  in  1898.  General 
Askew  was  married  a  second  time,  November  26,  1901,  to  Mrs. 
Mary  Cole  Green,  daughter  of  Thomas  C.  Cole. 

The  following  obituary  notice  appeared  in  a  Kansas  City 
paper  of  April  29,  1902 : 


18  CLASS   HISTORY 

"GENERAL  FRANK  ASKEW. 

"The  noble  and  distinguished  appearance  of  General  Frank 
Askew,  who  died  at  his  home  in  this  city  yesterday  was  an  index 
to  his  character.  He  was  quite  as  much  of  a  man  as  he  looked 
and  that  is  high  praise  indeed.  His  clean  and  sterling  fiber  was 
revealed  in  his  commanding  figure  and  bearing  and  in  his  sincere 
and  straightforward  manner.  His  whole  life  was  on  a  plane  of 
admirable  rectitude.  His  success  was  due  to  his  tireless  industry 
and  to  the  fair  treatment  which  he  always  practiced  toward  his 
patrons.  He  had  the  sort  of  pride  in  his  business  which  every 
man  of  the  right  stamp  ought  to  feel  in  the  occupation  to  which 
he  devotes  his  life. 

"General  Askew  was  a  man  bred  and  trained  in  the  school 
of  the  elementary  virtues  of  the  Ohio  communities  of  sixty  years 
ago — industry,  integrity,  simplicity  of  life  and  great  pride  of 
family.  He  came  to  Kansas  City  not  on  any  chance  of  venture, 
but  with  all  of  his  close  family  connections,  with  the  definite 
purpose  of  making  this  his  permanent  home.  He  was  a  citizen 
of  a  high  type,  with  that  intelligent  regard  for  the  interests  of 
the  home  and  family  which  placed  him  on  the  right  side  of  all 
public  questions.  He  was  justly  proud  of  the  service  which  it 
was  his  privilege  to  render  to  his  country.  He  was  such  a  soldier 
as  a  citizen  of  his  high  standards  might  be  expected  to  make. 
His  rank  and  title  testified  to  his  efficiency  as  a  military  officer. 

"General  Askew  died  in  the  home  where  his  children  were 
brought  up  and  in  the  neighborhood  where  most  of  his  years  in 
Kansas  City  were  passed.  It  is  a  comfortable  and  substantial 
dwelling  and  to  General  Askew  was  hallowed  by  recollections 
which  caused  him  to  cling  to  it  after  many  of  his  earlier  friends 
had  removed  to  other  parts  of  the  city." 

LUTHER  BECKWITH,  B.  S. 

Attorney  at  Law. 

Died  August  10,  1885,  at  Bay  City,  Mich. 

He  was  born  at  Chelsea,  Washtenaw  Co.,  Michigan,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1832.  He  attended  the  district  school  near  his  father's 
farm  until  about  the  year  1849,  when  he  was  sent  to  a  private 
school  for  boys  in  Ann  Arbor,  taught  by  T.  R.  Chase  and  D. 
Wilkins  of  the  class  of  '49.  He  remained  in  that  school — with 
short  intervals,  until  prepared  for  the  University,  which  he  en- 
tered as  Freshman  in  1854 — and  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1858. 

He  returned  to  his  father's  home  on  graduation,  intending 
to  follow  the  life  of  a  farmer.  However,  he  soon  became 
satisfied  that  his  course  lay  in  a  different  direction,  and  in  1859 
he  began  the  study  of  the  law  at  Grand  Haven.    In  1860  he  was 


MICHIGAN  58  19 

admitted  to  the  bar,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  Bay  City,  and  there  remained  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred August  10,  1885,  aged  52  years. 

Hon.  John  W.  McMath,  '50,  writes  regarding  him: 

Luther  Beckwith  came  to  Bay  City  and  commenced  the 
practice  of  the  law  in  1860.  In  1861  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Lind,  of  Ann  Arbor,  who  died  in  1867.  In  1868  he  married 
Miss  Alice  Gilbert,  of  Rome,  N.  Y.,  by  whom  he  had  four  children, 
three  sons  and  a  daughter.  Two  of  the  sons,  the  daughter  and 
his  wife  survive  him. 

"Mr.  Beckwith  was  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary  ability. 
He  had  a  clear,  strong,  logical  mind,  and  was  well  up  in  his  pro- 
fession. He  held  many  offices  of  trust  in  the  county  and  city  in 
which  he  lived,  and  always  acquitted  himself  well  in  the  dis- 
charge of  every  official  duty.  He  was  at  various  times  Prose- 
cuting Attorney  of  the  county,  Alderman  of  the  city,  Member  of 
the  School  Board,  and  for  many  years  was  United  States  Com- 
missioner. He  was  for  a  long  time  an  active  leader  in  the  tem- 
perance movement  in  his  city. 

"He  was  a  kind  husband  and  father,  and  had  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  all  those  who  knew  him.  Death  came  to  him 
in  the  very  prime  and  maturity  of  his  manhood." 

Mr.  McMath  adds  as  a  historical  item,  that  Cyrus  Beckwith, 
father  of  Luther,  removed  from  Rhode  Island  to  Ann  Arbor  at 
a  very  early  day  and  was  a  merchant  and  prominent  man  in  that 
place.  As  early,  however,  as  1830,  he  bought  the  farm  near  the 
present  village  of  Chelsea  on  which  Luther  was  born  and  re- 
moved to  it.  The  entire  country  about  it  was  an  unbroken  wil- 
derness. The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  first  white  child 
born  in  that  township,  and  there  spent  his  entire  youth  in  the 
work  of  a  farm  boy. 

HENRY  ALLEN  BUCK,  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  '61. 

Lawyer. 

Enlisted  in  Co.  K,  51st  Illinois  Vol.  Inftry.,  Oct.  28,  1861. 

Second  Lieutenant  51st  Illinois  Vol.  Inftry.,  April  16,  1863.  , 

Killed  in  action  Chickamauga,  Tenn.,  September  19,  1863. 

HEMAN  BELDING  BURGESS,  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  '63. 

P.  E.  Clergyman,  Canon. 

Died  at  Plattsmouth,  Neb.,  Sept.  7,  1912. 

He  was  born  at  Redford,  Wayne  Co.,  Mich.,  April  24,  1833. 

During  his  early  boyhood  he  lived  with  his  parents  on  a  farm, 

working  in  the  summer  and  attending  school  in  the  winter  until 

he  was  seventeen  years  of  age.       He  then  entered  the  High 

School  at  Pontiac,  Mich.,  and  completed  a  four  years'  course  in 

three  years.    He  then  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  in  the 


20  CLASS   HISTORY 

fall  of  1854.  Upon  his  graduation  he  was  offered  the  position 
of  assistant  instructor  of  Astronomy  under  Professor  Brunnow. 
This  he  declined  and  at  once  entered  upon  a  Theological  course 
at  Nashotah,  Wisconsin,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  B.  D. 
in  1861,  and  was  made  priest  in  June  of  that  year  under  the 
Bishop  of  Michigan. 

He  then  entered  upon  his  ministry  in  1861  and  filled  pas- 
torates at  Lansing,  Michigan,  and  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  prior 
to  taking  charge  of  St.  Luke's.  He  was  also  Professor  of  Science 
and  German  for  a  time  at  Nebraska  City  College,  in  1872,  and 
also  taught  Greek  and  Hebrew  in  a  Theological  School  there 
before  removing  to  Plattsmouth  in  1873. 

The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  ordination  to  the  Priesthood 
was  celebrated  at  St.  Luke's  Church,  June  29,  1911. 

EDWARD  BRUCE  CHANDLER,  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  '68. 
Died  June  6,  1904,  at  Chicago,  111. 

He  was  born  at  South  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  January  30,  1838, 
of  good  colonial  ancestry.  One  ancestor  was  Governor  Haines, 
first  Governor  of  Connecticut,  another,  Thomas  Lord,  an  exile 
from  Massachusetts  for  religion's  sake,  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Hartford,  Conn.  The  famous  charter  oak  was  on  the 
estate  of  one  of  the  family.  Two  great  grandfathers  fought  in 
the  Revolutionary  War;  one  of  them,  Captain  Israel  Harris, 
was  with  Ethan  Allen  at  Ticonderoga. 

The  Chandler  family  moved  from  New  York  to  Romeo, 
Mich.,  in  1845,  where  young  Chandler  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  that  town  and  prepared  for  College  at  the  Romeo 
Academy.  In  1854,  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  grad- 
uating with  the  class  of  '58. 

After  graduation  he  went  to  Illinois  and  in  1859  entered 
the  service  of  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  as  a  telegrapher,  and 
served  in  that  employment  in  the  towns  of  Bureau  Junction, 
Amboy,  Peru,  Springfield  and  Rock  Island.  In  1865  he  was 
appointed  the  first  Superintendent  of  the  Department  of  Elec- 
tricity of  Chicago,  and  moved  to  that  city.  This  position  he  held 
for  eleven  years  and  was  in  charge  at  the  time  of  the  great  fire 
in  1871.  When  under  his  direction  this  department  was  the 
first  of  the  city  branches  to  resume  service  after  the  fire.  This 
position  he  resigned  in  1875  to  become  the  General  Western 
Agent  of  the  Gamewell  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Company,  and 
remained  with  it  until  he  retired  from  active  business  in  1894. 

In  1872  he  married  Miss  Emily  Moseley,  of  Princeton,  111. 
Two  children  survive  him,  Mrs.  Alice  Chandler  Spaulding,  U. 


MICHIGAN  58  21 

of  M.  '98,  the  wife  of  Capt.  Oliver  Spaulding,  U.  S.  A.,  U.  of  M. 
'95,  and  George  M.  Chandler,  U.  of  M.  '98. 

Mr.  Chandler  took  the  warmest  interest  in  his  class,  was 
present  at  all  of  its  reunions  up  to  the  time  of  his  death;  and 
was  its  secretary  for  many  years.  He  did  more  than  any  other 
member  to  keep  the  fire  burning  on  the  altar  of  "Alma  Mater." 
The  University  never  had  a  more  loyal  son. 

He  was  the  first  treasurer  of  the  old  American  Electrical 
Society;  a  member  of  Home  Lodge,  Chicago  Chapter  A.  F.  &  A. 
M. ;  Chevalier  Bayard  Commandery;  the  Mystic  Shrine;  the 
Calumet  Club  and  a  companion  of  the  First  Class  by  Inheritance 
of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States, 
Commandery  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  which  recorded  of  him  the 
following  just  tribute: 

"Edward  Bruce  Chandler  was  a  modest,  dignified  gentle- 
man. Of  rugged  honesty,  his  word  was  a  bond  at  par.  While 
he  was  forceful  and  strong  of  opinion,  yet  he  left  not  one  enemy 
in  the  world.  No  more  generous  heart  ever  beat  in  a  man's 
breast.  His  devotion  to  his  family  and  friends  had  no  limit. 
During  the  years  he  lived  he  won  the  love  of  every  man  who 
knew  him,  and  his  memory  will  not  grow  dim  in  the  keeping  of 
his  friends." 

A  tribute  from  his  classmate,  B.  T.  Prentis: 

"There  was  never  a  more  genial  companion  and  friend  than 
Chandler,  and  there  never  was  a  more  loyal  man  in  every  rela- 
tion of  life:  to  his  home,  to  his  family  and  his  friends,  to  his 
class  and  to  his  college  fraternity.  But  it  is  his  love  for  Alma 
Mater,  for  Ann  Arbor,  and  for  what  he  found  there,  that  I  wish 
to  speak  of  now. 

"No  man  that  this  University  ever  bred,  kept  for  it  a  warmer 
place  in  his  heart  than  Chandler.  And  that  affection  went  out 
to  everything  connected  with  his  student  life.  Even  after  long 
years  had  passed,  he  could  not  speak  of  his  college  days,  and  his 
teachers  without  emotion. 

"I  do  not  know  in  whose  brain  originated  the  idea  of  plant- 
ing our  trees,  but  it  was  certainly  a  man  of  '58.  I  hope  there  is 
some  classmate  still  living  who  knows,  and  who  will  put  the 
name  on  record.  He  deserves  it.  But  what  I  do  know,  is  that 
I  first  heard  it  from  Chandler  and  Quinby,  who,  together,  came 
to  my  room  with  the  plan.  And  a  part  of  it  was  to  name  the 
'Tappan  Oak,'  and  make  it  the  center  of  the  grove.  I  remember 
that  Holden,  too,  was  active  in  this  matter.     ****** 

"With  a  most  prepossessing  personality,  he  combined  a 
frank  and  genial  manner,  which  with  his  quick  and  broad  intelli- 
gence, and  ready  wit,  formed  a  combination  that  appealed  to  all 


22  CLASS   HISTORY 

who  met  him.  While  he  was  a  good  talker  himself,  he  was  an 
appreciative  listener  as  well.  He  was  one  of  the  most  com- 
panionable men  I  ever  knew.  But  the  predominating  character- 
istic of  the  man  was  his  loyal  nature,  and  that  was  evidenced  by 
almost  every  act  of  his  life.    I  have  spoken  of  this  before. 

"Every  commencement  day  found  him  at  Ann  Arbor.  I 
do  not  believe  any  man  living  or  dead,  not  an  officer  of  the 
University,  or  a  resident  of  the  city,  ever  saw  so  many  like  occa- 
sions as  he  did,  and  his  pleasant  smile  and  cheery  voice,  wel- 
comed many  an  "old  boy"  back.  Meeting  him  took  away  some- 
what from  the  "lonesome"  feeling,  which  we  have  all  experienced, 
in  coming  here  after  those  whom  we  had  known  in  these  sur- 
roundings, had  passed  away. 

"Often  there  would  be  few  or  none  of  his  own  class,  but  he 
was  known  and  loved  by  many  of  the  later  students,  and  his 
helpful  hand  was  many  times  stretched  out  to  the  young  fresh- 
man— to  the  boy,  who,  leaving  home,  perhaps  for  the  first  time, 
found  himself  among  strangers.  How  desolate  such  a  feeling 
is,  at  times,  can  only  be  realized  by  one  who  has  experienced  it 
himself. 

Chandler's  fraternity  always  gave  him  a  warm  and  appre- 
ciative welcome.  He  was  as  much  at  home  with  them  as  though 
he  were  still  in  the  active  ranks.  But  with  whom,  in  and  about 
the  University  of  Michigan,  was  this  man  not  welcome? 

"Chandler  accumulated  no  great  wealth.  Indeed  he  was 
too  human  and  kindly,  and  too  generous  for  that.  But  his  at- 
tainments— his  intelligence,  industry  and  business  capacity,  made 
it  a  comparatively  easy  thing  for  him  to  achieve  a  considerable 
measure  of  success  in  a  pecuniary  way,  and  of  his  competence 
he  always  gave  liberally — in  every  direction.  Had  he  been  less 
free  with  his  money  he  would  have  had  more  of  it. 

"But  it  is  not  for  his  gifts  nor  his  charities  that  we  love 
to  remember  him,  nor  even  for  his  genial  fellowship,  his  wit,  his 
wisdom,  or  his  truth,  but  for  that  heart  of  gold  which  beat  so 
strongly  in  his  breast." 

GEORGE  MORELL  CHESTER,  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  70. 

Born  November  3,  1838,  at  Detroit,  Mich. 

Died  June  7,  1891,  at  Detroit,  Mich. 

George  Morell  Chester  was  the  eldest  son  of  John  Chester, 

of  Detroit,  and  his  wife,  the  daughter  of  Judge  George  Morell, 

of  the  Territorial  and  State  Supreme  Court. 

After  graduation  he  returned  to  Detroit  and  became  reg- 
ularly connected  with  the  "Free  Press,"  and  during  this  period, 
from  '58  to  '61,  studied  law,  but  never  prosecuted  his  legal 
studies  after  the  war. 


MICHIGAN  58  23 

Upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  he  went  to  Washington 
and  obtained  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment under  Colonel  Rucker,  U.  S.  Army.  Subsequently  he  was 
made  Captain  and  Q.  M.  U.  S.  Vol.  and  rendered  valuable  serv- 
ices in  that  capacity  and  at  one  time  was  on  the  staff  of  General 
Augur,  commanding  the  Department  of  Washington. 

On  November  7,  1864,  Captain  Chester  resigned  and  re- 
turned to  civil  life.  He  resumed  his  connection  with  the  "Free 
Press."  He  was  offered  the  position  of  city  editor  of  the  St. 
Paul  Press  and  filled  the  position  for  about  a  year.  From  St. 
Paul  he  went  to  New  York  where  he  was  first  employed  as  a 
reporter  on  the  New  York  Tribune.  He  was  afterwards  made 
Junior  Editor  of  Appleton's  Journal,  which  position  he  filled 
for  nearly  the  entire  existence  of  that  periodical.  He  was  sub- 
sequently engaged  in  different  capacities  on  almost  all  of  the 
large  New  York  dailies,  but  finally  returned  to  Detroit  and  the 
"Free  Press"  in  1878.  He  was  afterwards  employed  at  different 
times  on  other  Detroit  papers  and  for  some  time  was  Editor- 
in-Chief  and  manager  of  "Chaff,"  a  dramatic  and  society  journal. 

"Mr.  Chester  was  a  scholarly  man  whose  wide  experience 
and  acquaintance  made  him  an  exceptionally  valuable  newspaper 
workman.  He  was  thorough,  painstaking  and  accurate  and  a 
graceful  and  felicitous  and  prodigious  worker.  He  was  devoted 
to  his  profession  and  his  partiality  for  and  loyalty  to  the  paper 
for  which  he  did  the  first,  the  last  and  most  of  his  service,  were 
marked  characteristics  of  his  professional  career." 

While  he  filled  many  positions  during  his  connection  with 
the  "Free  Press"  he  was  best  remembered  to  Detroit  and  Mich- 
igan readers  by  his  long  and  valuable  services  as  "State  News 
Editor"  of  the  "Free  Press."  He  held  this  position  most  of  the 
time  from  1878  until  ill  health  terminated  his  connection  with 
that  paper  in  September,  1889. 

From  his  college  days  to  the  end  of  his  life,  Mr.  Quinby, 
his  classmate,  was  his  most  devoted  friend. 

A  TRIBUTE  FROM  AN  OLD  ASSOCIATE. 
Geo.  P.  Goodale,  of  Detroit. 

"Born  in  the  social  purple  and  bred  in  the  polite  conditions 
of  life,  George  M.  Chester  was  the  least  conventional  man  I 
have  known. 

"My  acquaintance  with  him  was  begun  at  Elmira,  N.  Y., 
in  1863,  the  most  direful  and  portentous  year  of  the  American 
Civil  war.  I  was  newsroom  foreman  of  the  Elmira  Daily  Press 
and  Captain  Chester,  an  officer  in  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment of  the  Army  had  his  office  in  the  same  building.  It  was 
one  of  his  multitudinous  duties  to  provide  for  the  20,000  Con- 


24  CLASS  HISTORY 

federate  prisoners  then  at  Elmira,  for  the  thousands  of  Union 
recruits  going  to  the  front  from  that  rendezvous,  and  for  the 
veterans  who  were  returning  from  the  front  in  considerable 
numbers.  His  breezy  personality  arrested  my  attention,  and 
having  been  formerly  employed  in  newspaper  work  himself,  he 
naturally  drifted  into  acquaintance  with  our  division  of  the 
building.  We  early  became  warm  friends.  He  must  have  then 
been  about  25.  I  was  19  and  an  enthusiast.  He  seemed  an 
ideal  officer. 

"I  have  no  recollection  of  his  later  army  career,  having  re- 
entered the  service  myself;  but  when  in  the  course  of  the  happy 
fortune  that  has  always  attended  my  goings  and  comings,  I 
found  myself  in  Detroit  at  the  close  of  the  war,  Captain  Chester 
was  there  to  give  me  greeting.  The  next  year  found  us  both 
members  of  the  Tree  Press'  family,  he  having  returned  to  the 
employment  in  which  as  a  lad  he  first  faced  the  responsibilities 
of  life,  and  in  which  he  spent  most  of  the  quarter  of  a  century 
that  has  swept  us  along  to  this  hour  of  lament  that  our  link  is 
sundered. 

"Geo.  M.  Chester  wore  his  heart  upon  his  sleeve.  Men  knew 
him  for  what  he  was.  An  audacious  spirit,  unquestionably,  and 
never  a  diplomatic,  slippered  seeker  for  advancement.  Circum- 
locution and  sneaking  hypocrisy  had  no  abiding  place  in  him. 
Blunt  sincerity  was  the  cornerstone  of  him.  Loyalty  to  friends 
and  child-like  trust  were  among  the  things  that  belonged  to  him 
and  were  an  index  to  his  general  character.  An  intense  and 
picturesque  individuality  marked  his  whole  career.  His  way 
was  peculiarly  his  own  and  in  no  part  any  other  man's  way.  He 
had  little  patience  with  conventionality,  yet  on  occasion  he  could 
go  to  Rome  and  do  as  all  the  Romans  did,  but  left  to  work  out 
his  own  impulses,  nobody  ever  knew  him  wear  a  mask. 

"I  have  heard  many  sympathetic  and  some  tearful  words  of 
pity  for  his  fate.  He  never  was  in  need  of  them,  save  as  ex- 
pressions of  kindly  will ;  for  he  knew  better  than  we  who  survive 
him,  how  welcome  a  friend  death  may  be.  The  letter  which  he 
sent  from  the  Mexican  Gulf  a  little  while  ago  was  the  voice  of  one 
who  has  caught  a  glimpse  of  the  world  beyond — "the  world  that 
sets  this  right."  And  in  the  new  light  that  shines  for  him,  but 
not  for  us — not  quite  yet  for  us — I  do  not  doubht  he  sees  that 
Death  is  to  the  dead  evermore  as  glad  a  thing  as  Life  to  the 
living.  GEORGE  P.  GOODALE." 

GEORGE  MONTGOMERY  DANFORTH,  B.  S.,  LL.  B.  '60, 

M.  S.  '62. 

Died  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  January  9,  1881. 

He  was  born  at  Ovid,  Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y.,  September  30,  1836. 

He  removed  to  Ann  Arbor  with  his  parents  about  1845.     He 


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fitted  for  College  at  Ann  Arbor  and  entered  the  Scientific  Course 
in  1854,  graduating  in  1858.  He  immediately  commenced  the 
study  of  the  law,  and  on  the  opening  of  the  Law  Department 
became  a  member  of  the  first  class  therein.  He  received  the 
degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1860.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Ann  Arbor,  but  in  1862  removed  to  Detroit  and 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1867  he  began 
business  as  a  Patent  Right  Attorney  in  New  York  City,  and 
Manager  of  Danforth  &  Co.,  Investors  Exchange.  In  1874  he 
became  a  Collecting  Attorney  for  H.  B.  Claflin  &  Co.  In  1876 
he  became  a  lecturer  on  spiritualism,  and  traveled  extensively 
in  that  capacity,  until  his  decease. 

He  died  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  January  9,  1881,  aged  44. 
His  remains  are  interred  at  Ann  Arbor. 

T.  R.  CHASE,  Necrologist. 

HAMILTON  J.  DENNIS,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.  '61. 
Lawyer. 
Died  October  12,  1894,  at  Topeka,  Kansas. 
He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Lenawee  County,  Michigan,  in 
1835.     After  graduation  he  took  up  the  law  course  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.    He  then  went  to  Kansas,  settling  at  Lea- 
venworth and  was  the  recipient  of  lucrative  public  trusts.     The 
first  was  that  of  County  Clerk,  followed  by  his  election  to  the 
office  of  Clerk  of  the  Court.     He  also  held  the  position  of  City 
Clerk  and  other  important  offices  for  several  years. 

He  was  associated  with  the  law  firm  of  Clough  &  Wheat 
and  was  engaged  in  practicing  law  when  the  Supreme  Court 
appointed  him  State  Librarian  in  1881.  He  moved  to  Topeka 
and  occupied  this  position  until  his  death. 

(From  a  local  paper.) 

"At  the  time  of  receiving  this  appointment  he  was  an  inti- 
mate friend  of  Chief  Justice  A.  H.  Horton  and  Justice  Brewer. 
These  gentlemen,  together  with  Mr.  A.  A.  Robinson,  president 
of  the  Mexican  Central  Railway,  were  Mr.  Dennis'  most  intimate 
friends.  A  wife  and  three  daughters,  Zoe,  Mary  and  Alta,  sur- 
vive the  husband  and  father." 

Mr.  Charles  M.  Foster,  for  many  years  one  of  the  most  reg- 
ular attendants  of  the  State  Library  and,  with  the  exception  of 
Mr.  Dennis,  more  intimately  acquainted  with  the  library  than 
any  other  person  in  Kansas,  contributes  the  following  to  the 
"Capital"  on  Mr.  Dennis  as  librarian : 

"In  the  death  of  H.  J.  Dennis,  Kansas  has  lost  one  of  her 
most  faithful  public  officers.  He  was  a  model  librarian.  He 
knew  the  library  thoroughly  and  had  no  interest  elsewhere.  He 
was  modest  and  unassuming  to  a  fault.    With  small  means  and 


26  CLASS   HISTORY 

cramped  accommodations  he  made  the  State  Library  one  of  the 
most  valuable  in  the  country.  He  knew  it  thoroughly.  With  all 
his  cares  he  never  lost  his  patience.  He  was  ready  to  give  infor- 
mation cheerfully  to  all  who  ask  it.  As  long  as  any  one  wished 
to  use  the  library,  it  was  kept  open.  He  was  well  informed  on 
books  and  his  selections  always  showed  good  taste.  His  good 
nature  never  gave  way  and  he  was  willing  to  give  assistance  to 
everyone.  He  was  a  good  lawyer  and  without  reward  or  the 
expectation  of  reward,  he  would  prepare  well  digested  briefs  for 
lawyers  in  distant  parts  of  the  state.  He  worked  conscientiously 
and  kept  account  of  every  book  sold.  The  stock  of  books  on 
hand  ran  into  tens  of  thousands  of  dollars  and  these  he  sold  and 
paid  the  proceeds  into  the  State  Treasury  according  to  his  own 
accounts,  which  no  one  ever  questioned.  On  these  accounts  he 
spent  the  last  few  months  of  his  life  and  in  spite  of  warnings 
of  friends  and  orders  of  his  physicians  he  continued  in  his  work 
which  he  had  just  strength  to  finish.  His  annual  report  as  State 
Librarian  was  printed  only  a  few  days  before  his  fatal  illness. 
His  nature  was  kind  and  gentle  and  he  made  friends  of  all  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact." 

Dean  Frank  R.  Millspaugh,  of  the  Grace  Cathedral,  con- 
ducted the  Episcopal  service  at  his  funeral  and  was  assisted  by 
Rev.  L.  Blakesley  and  Rev.  F.  S.  McCabe.  Dean  Millspaugh  was 
followed  by  Dr.  McCabe,  who  made  a  short  address,  as  follows: 

"The  principal  facts  in  the  biography  of  our  friend  have 
been  given  by  the  press  of  the  city.  The  flag  floating  at  halfmast 
from  the  Capitol  building  indicates  that  one  has  gone  who  was 
not  merely  a  resident  of  this  city,  but  who  also  held  an  honored 
position  among  our  state  officials.  It  is  proper  that  for  such  a 
man — a  man  so  widely  known  and  so  highly  esteemed — there 
should  be  a  public  and  formal  expression  of  our  sense  of  loss, 
and  of  our  sincere  sorrow  on  account  of  his  death. 

"In  this  service,  we  recognize  the  death  of  a  citizen  long 
identified  with  the  best  interests  of  this  community  and  of  this 
State.  We  do  more  than  this.  We  give  utterance  to  our  con- 
viction that  by  his  death  we  have  suffered  a  heavy  loss,  an  ir- 
reparable loss,  since  the  withdrawal  from  his  place  of  an  official 
competent  and  faithful,  of  a  citizen  intelligent  and  public-spir- 
ited, diminishes  to  that  extent  the  sum  total  of  the  power  and 
equipment  of  the  community.  With  strict  mathematical  accu- 
racy, we  say  that  the  city  and  the  State  are  made  poorer  by  the 
lamented  death  of  our  friend." 

JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS  FRITCHEY,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '64. 
Lawyer. 
Died  September  3,  1897,  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 
He  was  born  at  the  Fritchey  homestead  near  Harrisburg, 


MICHIGAN  58  27 

Pa.,  October  1,  1830.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in  Penn- 
sylvania. He  went  to  St.  Louis  about  1852  and  obtained  a  posi- 
tion as  instructor  in  a  school  in  St.  Louis  County,  retaining  this 
position  for  a  year  or  more  and  then  entered  the  University 
of  Michigan  and  graduated  in  1858.  He  returned  to  St.  Louis 
and  entered  the  law  firm  of  Moody,  McClellan  &  Hillger,  remain- 
ing with  this  firm  for  three  years  and  then  started  to  practice 
law  for  himself,  and  built  up  a  large  business.  He  also  engaged 
in  real  estate  transactions  and  in  this  direction  amassed  most 
of  his  fortune. 

He  retired  from  active  business  in  1879  and  after  that  spent 
his  years  either  near  Santa  Anna,  Los  Angeles  County,  Cal., 
where  he  owned  a  residence  and  ranch  about  twenty  miles  from 
the  city  of  that  name,  usually  spending  the  winters  there  and 
the  summers  at  the  Fritchey  homestead,  which  property  he 
bought  several  years  before  his  death,  September  3,  1897.  His 
funeral  took  place  at  the  old  homestead  and  his  interment  was 
in  the  family  cemetery  on  the  estate. 

By  his  will  he  disposed  of  many  scientific  specimens  and 
books.  To  the  geological  cabinet  of  Michigan  University  was 
left  a  collection  of  gold,  silver  and  other  ores,  also  one  of  rare 
coins.  To  the  Missouri  Historical  Society  was  given  many  books 
in  the  English,  German,  French  and  Italian  languages,  and  a 
collection  of  dried  plants  was  left  to  the  Superintendent  of 
Shaw's  Garden,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

THOMAS  GORE  GAVIN,  A.  B. 

Attorney  at  Law. 

Was  born  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  January  16,  1835. 

Died  in  Detroit,  December  28,  1861,  aged  26  years. 

He  entered  the  Freshman  class  in  1854  from  Detroit  and 

was  graduated  in  1858.    He  studied  law  in  Detroit  immediately 

after  graduating  and  in  due  time  was  admitted  to  the  bar.     He 

at  once  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  was 

active  in  educational  matters  and  was  a  member  of  the  Board 

of  Education  of  Detroit  from  1860  to  his  death. 

JOHN  GRAVES,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.  '60,  A.  M.  70. 

Lawyer. 
Died  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  April  21,  1902. 
United  States  Commissioner  and  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  U.  S. 
Circuit  Court  for  the  District  of  Michigan. 

He  practiced  law  in  Detroit,  after  his  graduation  from  the 
Law  Department  of  Michigan  University  until  1869,  when  he 
was  appointed  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  and  in 
1873  was  appointed  U.  S.  Commissioner,  which  appointment  he 
held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 


28  CLASS   HISTORY 

WESLEY  A.  GREEN,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '61,  LL.  B.  (Albany)  '60. 
Died  February  25,  1910 

He  was  born  in  1832.  First  Lieutenant  4th  Michigan  Cav- 
alry Vols.,  August  13,  1862.  Resigned  on  account  of  disability, 
January  23,  1863.  An  inmate  of  the  Soldiers'  Home,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  February  25,  1910, 
aged  78. 

He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Detroit  in  1860,  and  prac- 
ticed his  profession  there,  both  before  and  after  he  entered  the 
volunteer  service. 

HORACE  HALBERT,  B.  S. 

Died  February  5,  1912,  at  North  Fargo,  N.  D. 

He  was  born  at  Potter,  Gates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  1,  1827. 
Prepared  for  College  at  Albany  and  Alfred  Academies.  Entered 
Michigan  University  1855  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  '58. 

After  graduation  he  taught  mathematics  in  the  High  School 
in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  1859-62,  and  at  Potter,  N.  Y.,  1826-66.  He 
became  Burt  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy 
in  Kalamazoo  College,  Mich.,  1867-68.  He  then  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  Livingston  Co.,  Mich,  in  1869 ;  was  Supervisor  of  Conway 
Township  1870-73;  Treasurer  of  Livingston  Co.  1872-76;  State 
Senator  Michigan  1878  and  1879  and  served  on  the  Committee 
on  Education  and  Public  Schools. 

He  moved  to  North  Dakota  about  1890,  and  engaged  in 
farming  in  Cass  Co.,  and  was  Commissioner  of  that  county  from 
about  1893-98. 

In  1860  he  married  Miss  Mary  Taylor,  of  Potter,  N.  Y.  A 
daughter  of  this  marriage,  Mrs.  Theresa  H.  Porter,  resides  in 
West  Chicago,  111.,  and  a  daughter-in-law,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Halbert, 
at  North  Fargo,  N.  D. 

LIBERTY  EMERY  HOLDEN,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '61. 

Born  June  20,  1833.     Died  August  26,  1913.     Sketch  by  Col. 

O'Brien  from  data  from  L.  E.  Holden 

He  was  born  June  20,  1833,  in  Raymond,  Cumberland  Co., 
State  of  Maine.  He  is  the  son  of  Liberty  Holden  and  Sally  Cate 
Stearns  Holden,  who  moved  onto  a  farm  in  Sweden,  Oxford  Co., 
Maine,  when  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  child.  This  farm 
joined  the  farm  of  his  grandfather,  Peter  Holden. 

Richard  Holden,  his  paternal  ancestor,  came  to  America 
from  England  in  1634  and  settled  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
and  afterwards  in  Groton.  The  Holdens  in  Maine  are  nearly  all 
descendants  from  Lieutenant  John  Holden,  a  Revolutionary  sol- 


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dier,  who  enlisted  in  Stoneham,  Massachusetts.  After  the  war 
Lieutenant  Holden  emigrated  to  Otisfield,  Maine,  where  he  died 
in  1806.  His  wife,  Mary  Knight  Holden,  died  in  1842,  100  years, 
2  months  and  9  days  old.  They  had  a  large  family  of  children, 
among  whom  was  Peter  Holden,  the  grandfather  of  Liberty 
Emery  Holden.  Through  his  mother,  who  was  the  daughter 
of  Levi  Stearns,  he  is  a  descendant  of  Isaac  Stearns,  who  came 
to  this  country  from  England  with  Governor  John  Winthrop, 
the  first  Governor  of  Massachusetts,  and  settled  in  Watertown 
in  1630.  Through  his  grandmother,  Lydia  Cox  Stearns,  he  is 
connected  with  the  Joslyn,  Peabody,  Southworth,  Soul  and  Alden 
families.  He  is  thus  in  direct  lineage  connected  with  Elizabeth 
Alden,  oldest  daughter  of  John  Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullens 
Alden,  of  the  Mayflower,  whom  Longfellow  has  made  immortal 
in  his,  "Why  don't  you  speak  for  yourself,  John?"  the  answer 
which  Priscilla  gave  to  John  when  he  was  delivering  Miles 
Standish's  proposal  for  marriage. 

His  family  is  English  on  all  branches  on  both  sides.  The 
Holden  and  Stearn  families  are  very  old  English  families  and 
their  names  today  are  found  among  the  best  business,  social  and 
literary  circles  in  this  country  and  England. 

Mr.  Holden,  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  in  Sweden, 
Oxford  County,  Maine,  in  his  early  manhood,  was  a  teacher.  He 
remembers  with  gratitude  the  friendship  and  ability  of  his  old 
teacher  in  Sweden  and  Bridgeton,  Simeon  Walker.  He  was  an 
inspiring  teacher,  never  surpassed.  Mr.  Holden  taught  a  district 
school  in  Chatham,  New  Hampshire,  when  he  was  sixteen  years 
old.  He  says  that  nothing  ever  came  to  him  which  was  more 
valued  than  the  books  and  other  tokens  of  appreciation  of  his 
work,  given  to  him  by  his  pupils.  He  has  kept  them  all  and 
often  refers  to  them  and  shows  them  as  trophies  won  in  his  early 
life.  This  training  as  a  teacher  was  of  great  value,  in  giving  him 
a  knowledge  of  human  nature,  a  command  of  himself  and  facility 
in  imparting  instruction.  It  impressed  upon  his  mind  the  value 
of  schools  and  made  him  a  democrat  in  its  broadest  sense.  He 
settled  it  as  a  life-long  conviction  that  all  permanent  reforms 
are  educational,  and  that  true  patriotism  is  grounded  in  correct 
education.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Bethel,  Maine,  under 
Doctor  N.  T.  True,  whom  he  reveres  with  love  and  respect.  While 
preparing  for  college,  he  taught  district  school  in  Chatham,  New 
Hampshire;  Bethel,  Maine;  Walpole  and  Wrentham,  Massachu- 
setts, and  select  or  high  schools  at  Denmark,  Lovell  and  Bridge- 
ton,  Maine. 

In  the  fall  of  1853  he  entered  Waterville  College,  now  Colby 
University,  but  stayed  out  one  year  teaching,  went  back  and  at 
the  beginning  of  the  junior  year,  having  decided  to  make  his 


30  CLASS   HISTORY 

home  in  the  West,  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  in 
1856,  and  was  graduated  in  1858.  While  there  he  founded  the 
Xi  Chapter  of  the  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity.  That  same  year  he  was 
elected  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  English  Literature  in  Kala- 
mazoo College.  This  gave  him  three  years  not  only  of  success- 
ful teaching,  but  an  excellent  opportunity  for  studying  litera- 
ture, history  and  law.  In  1861  he  resigned  his  professorship  in 
Kalamazoo  College  and  was  elected  Superintendent  of  the  Public 
Schools  in  the  city  of  Tiffin,  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  where  he  re- 
mained one  year.  During  that  year,  while  Judge  Ranney  was 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  in 
the  fall  of  1862  took  up  his  residence  in  the  city  of  Cleveland. 
Opportunities  for  business,  and  especially  in  real  estate  trans- 
actions were  good,  prices  were  rising,  and  instead  of  practicing 
law  he  went  into  business,  buying,  selling  and  improving  real 
estate.  In  1866  he  moved  to  the  village  of  East  Cleveland,  and 
became  a  large  holder  of  real  estate  in  that  then  the  most  prom- 
ising residence  suburb  of  the  city  of  Cleveland.  He  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  School  Board  and  for  nine  years  was  its  Pres- 
ident. He  was  instrumental  in  establishing  the  graded  school 
system  in  that  village.  He  was  a  Commissioner  for  negotiating 
terms  for  the  annexation  of  the  village  of  East  Cleveland  to  the 
city  of  Cleveland. 

In  1872  he  became  interested  in  iron  mines  in  Lake  Superior 
region,  and  manager  of  the  Pittsburg  and  Lake  Angeline  Mines. 
In  1875  he  became  interested  in  silver-lead  mines  in  Utah,  and 
in  1876  moved  there  with  his  family  to  take  charge  of  his  then 
extensive  interests.  He  became  identified  at  once  with  the  edu- 
cational interests  of  the  Territory,  and  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  Salt  Lake  Academy,  and  for  twelve  years  its  President.  The 
institution  became  influential  in  reforming  the  Territory. 

He  was  a  delegate  on  behalf  of  the  mining  interests  of  the 
Territory  to  several  conventions  held  for  the  purpose  of  defend- 
ing and  developing  the  mining  industry  and  was  the  first  Chair- 
man of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Bimetallic 
League  of  the  United  States,  organized  in  1884.  Under  his 
direction  the  data  was  collected  and  published  which  created  a 
national  interest  in  the  free  coinage  of  silver  and  gold. 

When  he  went  first  to  Utah,  Brigham  Young  was  alive  and 
polygamy  was  rampant.  Before  he  left  he  had  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  polygamy  driven  out,  not  only  under  legal  condemnation, 
but  outwardly  abandoned  as  a  tenet  of  the  Mormon  Church. 

As  an  instance  of  his  convictions,  Senator  John  Sherman, 
Senator  Benjamin  F.  Harrison  and  others,  visited  Utah,  and 
while  standing  with  them  at  Brigham  Young's  grave,  one  morn- 
ing, Senator  Harrison  said:     "Mr.  Holden,  what  is  the  solution 


MICHIGAN  58  31 

of  the  Utah  problem?"  He  answered:  "Give  us  a  law  that  will 
disfranchise  polygamists,  prevent  them  from  holding  office,  and 
sitting  on  juries."  The  Senator  replied:  "That  is  the  best 
suggestion  that  I  have  ever  heard.  Come  down  to  Washington 
next  winter  and  we  will  put  it  into  a  law."  He  went  there,  and 
after  consultation  with  Senator  Harrison,  Senator  Edmonds  and 
others,  the  Edmonds  law  was  enacted  which  embodied  the  prin- 
ciples suggested  by  Mr.  Holden  and  became  one  of  the  main  in- 
struments in  the  overthrow  of  polygamy. 

Mr.  Holden  has  been  identified  with  the  business  interests 
of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  other  parts  of  the  country  for  many 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Alta  Club,  of  Salt  Lake  City; 
Union  Club,  of  which  at  one  time  he  was  President;  University 
Club,  Rowfant  Club,  and  Country  Club,  of  Cleveland;  and  Uni- 
versity Club,  of  New  York  City.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Mayflower  descendants.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Park  Commissioners  of  Cleveland  for  three  years,  and  was  Pres- 
ident of  the  School  Board  of  East  Cleveland  for  nine  years.  He 
was  President  of  the  American  Outdoor  Art  and  Park  Associa- 
tion, and  in  1898  was  President  of  the  Western  Reserve  Chapter 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and  of  the  New  England 
Society  of  Cleveland.  He  was  a  delegate-at-large  from  Ohio  to 
the  Democratic  National  Convention  in  1888,  and  again  in  1896, 
and  was  Commissioner  from  Ohio  to  the  World's  Columbian 
Exposition  or  World's  Fair  in  Chicago  in  1893,  and  of  the 
Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition  in  St.  Louis  in  1904. 

Mr.  Holden  is  said  to  be  an  excellent  judge  of  mines  and 
that  his  knowledge  of  geology  and  mineralogy  gives  him  great 
advantage  in  operating  them.  He  has  struck  more  ore  in  the 
mining  camps  in  Utah  where  he  was  interested  than  any  other 
man  operating  during  his  time.  So  strong  was  the  faith  of  the 
men  under  him  in  his  luck,  as  they  called  it,  the  miners  often 
said:  "When  Holden  starts  a  tunnel  they  begin  making  ore  in 
the  other  end  of  it." 

Mr.  Holden  had,  however,  great  confidence  in  the  city  of 
Cleveland,  and  a  large  part  of  the  earnings  of  his  lifetime  have 
been  invested  in  buildings  and  real  estate  in  the  city ;  and  among 
them  is  the  Hollenden  Hotel,  well  known  for  its  size  and  the 
beauty  of  its  finish  and  appointments,  and  the  Plain  Dealer 
Building,  one  of  the  best  equipped  newspaper  buildings  in  the 
world. 

In  religion  Mr.  Holden  is  a  Unitarian  and  in  politics  a  Jeffer- 
sonian  Democrat.  He  is  devoted  to  social  and  political  reforms 
and  has  done  much  and  written  much  for  the  purpose  of  divor- 
cing municipal  government  from  national  politics,  believing  sin- 
cerely that  there  is  no  logical  connection  between  them.    He  is  a 


32  CLASS   HISTORY 

bimetallist  and  probably  has  done  as  much  as  any  living  man  to 
spread  the  gospel  of  free  coinage,  believing  that  whatever  argu- 
ments can  be  brought  to  bear  for  the  free  coinage  of  gold  are 
equally  good  for  the  free  coinage  of  silver,  but  he  considers  the 
question  settled  by  national  votes. 

While  he  has  been  a  business  man  and  a  director  of  large 
affairs,  he  has  kept  up  his  studies  and  stands  abreast  of  the  best 
thought  of  the  age.  He  says  that  the  pride  and  purpose  of  the 
rest  of  his  life  will  be  to  devote  himself  to  study  and  to  the  per- 
formance of  those  civic  duties  which  he  believes  all  Americans 
ought  to  be  willing  to  assume.  He  believes  no  man  should  seek 
office  but  serve  the  state  when  called  for  the  public  good  and  not 
for  money.  He  is  decidedly  opposed  to  the  excessive  and  un- 
righteous use  of  money  in  elections. 

He  is  a  lover  of  art  and  a  patron  of  the  arts.  He  has  a  large 
library  and  a  very  choice  gallery  of  old  masters.  His  residence, 
Loch  Hame,  situated  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Erie,  in  Bratenahl 
Village,  five  miles  east  of  Cleveland,  is  one  of  the  most  delightful 
places  in  America.  He  is  a  lover  of  Greek  art,  and  has  in  his 
home  some  of  the  best  specimens  in  Greek  designs.  He  is  fond 
of  travel  and  always  brings  home  books  and  art  treasures,  and 
he  says  that  while  schools,  churches,  books  and  the  arts  are  means 
for  education  and  culture  a  man's  home  is  the  best  exponent  of 
his  taste,  character  and  life.  He  is  devoted  to  the  study  of  his- 
tory and  takes  great  interest  in  genealogy.  He  says :  "The  man 
who  is  not  proud  of  his  ancestors,  has  no  ancestors  to  be  proud 
of."    He  is  a  great  lover  of  New  England  people  and  institutions. 

Most  of  his  time  is  given  up  to  the  Cleveland  Plain  Dealer, 
which  has  grown  under  his  ownership  to  be  one  of  the  largest, 
most  liberal  and  influential  papers  in  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Holden  has  become  very  much  interested  in  late  years  in  the  de- 
velopment of  Good  Hold  Farm,  situated  twenty  miles  east  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  the  town  of  Mentor.  He  has  over  a  thousand 
acres  of  excellent  land,  a  large  number  of  which  he  has  under- 
drained,  and  is  greatly  interested  in  scientific  farming,  believing 
that  machinery  and  scientific  principles  are  just  as  applicable 
to  farming  as  to  railroads  and  other  mechanical  industries.  He 
has  two  large  herds  of  dairy  cattle,  one  of  Ayrshires  and  the 
other  of  Jerseys,  and  seems  to  exalt  in  the  fact  that  he  can  make 
three  blades  of  grass  grow,  and  three  ears  of  corn  grow,  and 
three  heads  of  wheat  grow,  where  one  grew  before. 

As  a  speaker  and  writer  Mr.  Holden  is  always  forcible,  de- 
cided and  instructive.  As  a  citizen  he  has  the  confidence  of  his 
fellowmen,  and  is  always  ready  to  help  the  needy  and  encourage 
the  young,  who  try  to  help  themselves. 

He  was  married  to  Delia  E.,  daughter  of  Henry  G.  Bulkley, 
of  Kalamazoo,   Mich.,   in   1860,   and  they  had  nine   children: 


MICHIGAN  58  33 

Charles  Emery,  Sarah  Eliza,  Albert  Fairchild,  Liberty  Dean, 
Delia  Bulkley,  Roberta,  Emerie,  Gertrude  and  Guerdon. 

NOTE  BY  G.  S.  HOLDEN 

Liberty  E.  Holden  died  at  Good  Hold  Farm,  Mentor,  Ohio, 
August  26th,  1913,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years  and  two  months, 
from  pneumonia,  following  a  succession  of  strokes  of  paralysis, 
from  which  he  had  suffered  for  several  years.  He  left  a  widow, 
five  children  and  ten  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Holden  celebrated  his  Golden  Wedding  Anniversary  in 
1910. 

JOHN  WESLEY  HORNER,  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  '62. 

Colonel  U.  S.  Vol. 

Professor  in  Kansas  University. 

Died  August  16th,  1874,  at  Osawatomie,  Kansas. 

He  was  born  in  Berks  Co.,  Pa.,  in  1833. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  and  entered 
as  a  sophomore  in  1855,  graduating  in  1858.  He  followed  the 
profession  of  teaching  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion,  when  he  entered  the  service  April,  1861,  in  a  regiment 
of  three-months  men,  1st  Mich.  Vols.  Infty.,  and  held  the  rank 
of  First  Lieutenant  until  August,  1861.  He  was  then  commis- 
sioned in  the  18th  Michigan  Volunteer  Infantry  as  Captain,  July 
27,  1862.  He  was  promoted  to  Major,  August  13th,  1862;  Lt. 
Colonel,  Feb.  21st,  1864,  and  Colonel,  March  21,  1865.  His  com- 
mand was  mustered  out  June  26th,  1865.  After  his  retirement 
from  the  army  he  resumed  his  work  of  teaching.  In  1867  he  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy  in  the 
University  of  Kansas,  which  position  he  filled  ably  until  failing 
health  deprived  him  of  the  power  of  work.  He  overtaxed  his 
physical  strength  in  his  enthusiastic  efforts  as  a  teacher  and  was 
attacked  with  softening  of  the  brain,  which  resulted  in  his  death 
August  16,  1874. 

MYRON  EMORY  HOWELL,  B.  S. 
Died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  February  17,  1888. 

He  was  born  Oct.  16,  1833,  at  Palmyra,  N.  Y.  Editor  and 
proprietor  of  Pontiac  Gazette  1858-62.  Military  State  Agent, 
May  to  Nov.  1862,  and  a  prisoner  of  war  in  Richmond,  Va.,  June 
to  Oct.,  1862;  Assistant  Chief  Clerk  U.  S.  Land  Office  Dept. 
of  the  Interior  1866-71;  and  since  '78  Chief  Clerk;  President 
Michigan  University  Club,  Washington,  D.  C. 

He  married  Ida  Amelia  Mott,  a  sister  of  his  classmate  Judd 
Mix  Mott,  April  5,  1864. 

HENRY  A.  HUMPHREY,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '61.    B.  D.  '61 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 
Died  at  Hudson,  Wis.,  February  6th,  1865. 
He  was  born  at  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.  in  1832.    He  was  ordained 


34  CLASS   HISTORY 

as  Evangelist  by  the  "Lake  Presbytery"  in  1862;  teacher  at 
Valparaiso,  Ind.  1861-63;  connected  with  churches  at  Salem, 
Wheeler  and  Hebron,  Ind.  1861-63 ;  and  at  Hudson,  Wis.  1863-65. 

RUEL  MILTON  JOHNSON,  B.  S.,  M.  S.  '65. 

Lawyer 

Died  at  Goshen,  Indiana,  Nov.  12th,  1901. 

Captain  100th  Indiana  Vol.  Infty.  Aug.  1862.  Major,  Aug. 
1863 ;  Lt.  Col.  Jan.  9th,  1864.  Awarded  Medal  of  Honor  "While 
in  command  of  the  Regiment  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  Nov.  25th, 
1863,  bravely  exposing  himself  to  the  fire  of  the  enemy,  encourag- 
ing and  cheering  his  men." 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion, 
and  of  the  G.  A.  R.  He  was  a  student  at  the  University  of 
Leipzig  1878-81.  He  practiced  his  profession  at  Elkhart,  Ind. 
1866-86,  and  was  City  Attorney  at  Goshen,  Ind.  from  1880-86. 

He  then  went  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico  and  was  clerk  of  the 
U.  S.  District  Court  there  from  1886-88.  Attorney  at  Law  at 
Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  1888-90;  returned  to  Goshen,  Indiana 
in  1890,  and  became  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Johnson, 
Osborn  &  Kerr.    Here  he  remained  until  his  death  in  1901. 

DANIEL  KLOSS,  A.  B.,  D.  D. 
Congregational  Minister,  Claremont,  Col. 

He  was  born  at  Beavertown,  Pa.  on  the  18th  of  March,  1830. 
After  graduating  at  the  University  of  Michigan  he  studied  the- 
ology one  year  at  Gettysburg  and  one  year  at  the  Union  Sem- 
inary, N.  Y.  Was  licensed  to  preach  in  the  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church,  May,  1860. 

During  forty  years  he  served  four  pastorates.  At  New  Ber- 
lin, Pa.  eleven  years,  at  Lykens,  Pa.  six  years.  In  1877  he  moved 
to  Highland,  Kansas,  where  he  became  the  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church.  During  his  pastorate  there,  for  fourteen  years ; 
he  was  also  Prof,  of  the  German  language  in  Highland  Univer- 
sity, a  Presbyterian  Institution,  for  ten  years.  He  received  from 
that  college  the  degree  of  D.  D.  In  1891  he  moved  to  Tempe, 
Ariz.  Here  he  organized  a  Congregational  Church  and  remained 
their  pastor  until  1911,  when  at  the  age  of  seventy,  he  retired 
from  the  active  duties  of  the  pastorate.  During  these  four  pastor- 
ates of  forty  years,  he  organized  three  churches,  built  four  houses 
of  worship,  and  added  almost  1000  members  to  the  Church  of 
Christ. 

He  was  married  in  1860.  His  wife,  who  was  a  real  help- 
meet to  him  in  his  church  work,  died  in  1904.  He  has  one  son 
living  who  is  pastor  of  the  Central  Congregational  Church,  Phil- 
adelphia, Pa.  He  has  one  daughter  married  to  a  business  man, 
and  is  living  with  this  daughter. 

His  present  address  is  Claremont,  Col. 

Note — Kloss  died  January  1912,  at  Claremont,  Col. 


MICHIGAN  58  35 

ADONIRAM  JUDSON  LOOMIS,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '61. 

Lawyer. 
Died  March  2nd,  1903,  at  Blue  Rapids,  Kansas. 

He  was  born  at  Geneseo,  N.  Y.,  June  21,  1833.  He  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Livonia,  Michigan  in  1848.  He  was  assistant 
teacher  in  the  academy  at  Lapeer,  Mich.  1860-61,  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Owosso,  Mich.,  September  5th,  1868.  He  practiced  law 
at  Lapeer,  Mich.  1868-73 ;  Circuit  Court  Commissioner  1869-70 ; 
moved  to  Blue  Rapids,  Kansas  in  1873 ;  was  postmaster  there 
from  1876-84 ;  Mayor  of  Blue  Rapids  for  3  years  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  High  School  Board  for  12  years ;  real  estate  agent  1890-96 
and  was  in  mercantile  business  since  1896. 

He  was  married  in  1861  to  Miss  Nancy  Vradenburg,  who 
died  in  1867.  From  this  union  one  son  L.  Herbert  Loomis  was 
born. 

In  1869  he  married  Miss  Louisa  E.  Loring,  and  to  them 
one  son,  Guy  Judson  Loomis  was  born.  His  wife  and  these  two 
sons  survive  him. 

HENRY  FRANCIS  LeHUNTE  LYSTER,  A.  B., 
M.  D.  '60,  A.  M.  '61. 
Died  Oct.  3rd,  1894,  near  Niles,  Michigan. 
He  was  born  at  Sanderscourt,  County  Wexford,  Ireland, 
November  8,  1837,  son  of  the  Reverend  William  N.  and  Ellen 
Emily  (Cooper)  Lyster.  He  was  descended  from  the  ancient 
family  of  Lister  (or  Lyster),  which  was  settled  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  as  early  as  1312.  The  eldest  branch  of  the  family  is 
still  located  in  that  country,  having  occupied  the  present  estates 
for  more  than  five  hundred  years.  In  1560  Walter  Lister,  one 
of  the  younger  sons  of  this  branch,  went  to  Ireland  as  secretary 
to  Osbaldiston,  Judge  of  Connaught  whose  daughter  he  married ; 
and  from  this  union  are  descended  the  Lysters  of  Ireland.  The 
father  of  Dr.  Lyster  was  graduated  Bachelor  of  Arts  from 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  in  1826.  After  studying  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburg  he  took  orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  in 
1830,  and  came  to  America  in  1832.  It  was  while  the  family  were 
on  a  visit  to  Ireland  some  years  later  that  Dr.  Lyster  was  born. 
The  family  were  settled  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  in  1846,  where  the 
elder  Lyster  became  the  first  rector  of  Christ  church.  The  son, 
after  receiving  his  preparatory  education  in  private  schools, 
entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  was  graduated  Bachelor 
of  Arts  in  1858  and  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1860.  He  also  received 
in  1861  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  course.  He  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Detroit,  but  on  the  breaking  out 
of  the  Civil  War  entered  the  service  of  his  country.  At  the 
close  of  his  military  service  he  returned  to  Detroit,  where  he 
continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  to  the  end  of  his 
life.    He  was  lecturer  on  Surgery  at  the  University  of  Michigan 


36  CLASS   HISTORY 

during  the  year  1868-1869,  and  Professor  of  the  Theory  and 
Practice  of  Medicine  from  1888  to  1890.  He  was  President  of 
the  Michigan  College  of  Medicine  for  some  years,  and  after  its 
consolidation  with  the  Detroit  Medical  College,  in  addition  to 
his  professorship,  he  held  also  the  office  of  Treasurer.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  Boston  Gynae- 
cological Society,  the  Detroit  Medical  and  Library  Association, 
the  Wayne  County  Medical  Society,  the  Michigan  State  Medical 
Society,  the  National  Association  of  Railway  Surgeons,  the 
National  Association  of  Medical  Directors  of  Life  Insurance  Com- 
panies, and  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United 
States.  He  also  served  for  a  time  on  the  Detroit  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. On  April  25,  1873,  Governor  Bagley  appointed  him  a  mem- 
ber of  the  original  State  Board  of  Health,  on  which  he  served  con- 
tinuously for  eighteen  years,  having  been  twice  reappointed, 
During  this  period  he  was  an  active  and  energetic  member,  giv- 
ing his  special  attention  to  the  subject  of  drainage. 

In  addition  to  contributing  numerous  articles  on  the  subject 
of  drainage  he  conducted  original  investigations  in  reference 
to  the  hereditary  effects  of  alcohol,  and  wrote  some  papers  on  the 
prevention  of  consumption.  He  was  one  of  the  founders,  and  for  a 
time,  editor  of  the  "Peninsular  Journal  of  Medicine."  He  was 
married  January  30,  1867,  to  Winifred  Lee  Brent,  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Thomas  Lee  Brent,  of 
the  United  States  Army.  Mrs.  Lyster  and  five  children  survive 
him:  Captain  William  John  LeHunte  (Ph.  B.  1892),  of  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  United  States  Army;  Henry  Laur- 
ence LeHunte  (A.  B.  1895,  L.  L.  B.  1896)  of  Detroit;  Thomas 
Lee  Brent  (B.  S.  (E.  E.)  1901)  ;  Eleanor  Carroll,  wife  of  Edward 
H.  Parker,  of  Detroit;  and  Florence  Murray,  wife  of  Capt.  S. 
M.  Rutherford,  of  the  United  States  Army. 

Military  Record. 

He  entered  the  service  as  Assistant  Surgeon,  2nd  Mich.  Vols. 
Infantry,  April  25th,  1861,  and  was  commissioned  Surgeon  5th 
Mich.  Vols.  Infantry  July  15th,  1862.  He  served  during  this  time 
1861-65  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  was  present  in  24  Battles 
and  skirmishes  and  was  wounded  in  action  May  5th,  1864. 
During  his  service  he  was  Surgeon  in  Chief  of  the  3rd  Brigade, 
1st  Division,  3rd  Corps,  Surgeon  in  Charge  Field  Hospital  1st 
Div.  3rd  Corps;  Operating  Surgeon  in  2nd  and  3rd  Corps,  and 
Acting  Medical  Director  and  Medical  Inspector  of  the  3rd  Corps. 
He  performed  the  first  amputation  on  a  Michigan  soldier  at  the 
Battle  of  Bull  Run,  July  21st,  1861  and  assisted  at  the  last  am- 
putation on  a  Michigan  soldier  at  Clover  Hill,  Appomattox  Court 
House,  Va.,  April  9th,  1865. 


MICHIGAN  58  37 

LOUIS  McLOUTH,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  61.,  Ph.  D.  '84,  M.  P.  '03. 

Born  at  Walworth  near  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  21st,  1835. 

Died  at  New  Britain,  Conn.,  March  14,  1909. 

(A  Personal  Sketch) 

Ancestors. 

My  first  paternal  ancestor  in  America  was  Lawrence  Mc- 
Louth,  my  great  grandfather,  a  school-master  and  scrivener  in 
and  about  Taunton,  Massachusetts.  He  came  to  America  about 
1755  from  County  Louth,  Ireland;  and  there  is  a  pretty  well 
authenticated  tradition  in  the  family  that  he  was  a  descendant, 
or  a  near  kinsman,  of  the  Lowths,  father  and  son,  of  England, 
both  quite  celebrated  ecclesiastics  and  scholars,  the  younger  of 
whom  was  offered  by  George  III  the  archbishopric  of  Canterbury. 
He  declined  the  office  on  account  of  ill-health  and  old  age, 
although  ever  afterwards  he  was  called  archbishop  Lowth. 

My  great  grandfather  was  educated  in  Dublin,  and  on  com- 
ing to  America  he  settled  in  Taunton  where  he  married  Mollie 
Pratt,  a  direct  descendant  of  Thomas  Rogers  of  the  Mayflower. 
He  was  a  teacher  in  and  about  Taunton  till  old  age. 

He  and  three  or  four  of  his  sons  served  in  the  patriot  army 
and  navy  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  in  1787  removed 
with  his  family  to  Cheshire,  Berkshire  County,  Massachusetts, 
where  his  son  Lewis,  my  grandfather  settled  in  the  practice  of 
medicine,  which  he  followed  for  many  years.  My  grandmother's 
maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Fuller. 

Here  my  father,  Farley  McLouth,  was  born  in  1802.  As  a 
young  man  he  went  to  Western  New  York,  where  some  of  his 
kindred  had  gone  before  him,  and  here  he  married  my  mother, 
Mary  Doty,  a  descendant  of  Mayflower  Edward  Doten. 

My  Birth  and  Education. 

I  was  born  in  Walworth,  near  Palmyra,  in  western  New 
York,  September  21,  1835.  In  my  early  infancy,  in  the  spring 
of  1836,  my  father  and  mother  moved  to  Bedford,  Monroe  County, 
Michigan,  and  here  I  spent  my  childhood  on  my  father's  farm  and 
in  the  public  schools.  My  father  died  when  I  was  thirteen  and 
soon  after  my  mother  sent  me  for  a  time  to  a  neighboring 
academy,  and  afterward  to  the  Michigan  Central  college,  as  it 
was  called,  at  Spring  Arbor,  Michigan — afterwards  Hillsdale  Col- 
lege— and  then  to  Oberlin,  where  I  completed  my  preparation 
for  the  University  of  Michigan.  At  Spring  Arbor  I  became 
acquainted  with  our  classmates  Hamilton  J.  Dennis,  Wesley  A. 
Green  and  George  Benedict.  The  last  named  left  the  class  early 
and  soon  after  died. 

I  entered  the  University  about  the  middle  of  the  fall  term 
of  1854  and  was  in  constant  attendance  thereafter  till  graduation 
in  June,  1858. 


38  CLASS   HISTORY 

While  in  the  University  I  enjoyed,  with  the  rest  of  my  class, 
the  instruction  and  the  enlarging  influence  of  such  men  as  Dr. 
Tappan,  the  scholarly  Professor  Boise,  the  cultured  and  scholarly 
Professor  Freeze,  the  genial  Professor  Williams,  the  enthusiastic 
teacher  of  the  natural  sciences,  Professor  Winchell,  Professor 
Fasquelle,  in  French  and  German ;  for  a  short  time,  Professor  E. 
0.  Haven,  afterwards  bishop,  and  Andrew  D.  White.  Some 
years  later  I  wrote  Professor  Boise  then  in  Chicago  University, 
that  I  deemed  it  a  privilege  to  have  been  able  in  my  own  teach- 
ing to  imitate  in  my  poor  way,  so  good  a  model  as  my  old  teacher 
of  Greek.  In  classical  politeness  he  replied  "Laus  laudatis  laus 
est." 

The  next  day  after  I  graduated,  I  went  into  the  haying  and 
harvest  fields  to  work  to  pay  up  the  arrears  of  my  college  expen- 
ses, and  continued  there  most  of  the  time  for  some  months. 

My  Work. 

In  the  fall  of  1859  I  became  principal  of  the  Lapeer  Semi- 
nary, at  Lapeer,  Michigan,  continuing  there  two  years,  receiving 
my  A.  M.  degree  from  the  University  meantime.  I  then  suc- 
ceeded one  of  my  University  friends  as  principal  of  the  Ontona- 
gon public  schools, — the  first  in  the  state  to  be  supported  without 
a  "rate  bill," — and  there  I  remained  for  two  years.  Then  I  was 
chosen  principal  of  the  Owosso  public  schools;  but  after  two 
terms  I  resigned  to  take  up  for  a  year  post-graduate  studies  in 
the  University.  There  I  studied  engineering  under  Professor 
Wood,  mathematics  under  Professor  Williams  and  history  under 
the  instruction  of  the  scholarly  Professor  Andrew  D.  White. 
During  the  winter  I  attended  the  special  course  of  lectures  on  the 
French  Revolution  by  the  eloquent  Dr.  Lord,  then  of  Dartmouth. 

At  the  end  of  the  year  I  was  chosen  principal  of  the  Monroe 
High  School,  and  after  one  term  there  became  superintendent  of 
the  schools  of  that  town.  There  I  continued  for  four  years,  being 
invited  back  to  the  schools  of  Lapeer  meantime,  and  also  to  the 
professorship  of  pedagogy  in  the  Missouri  University.  In  1868 
I  went  to  Battle  Creek  as  superintendent  of  Public  Schools,  but  at 
the  end  of  one  year  I  accepted  an  election  to  the  faculty  of  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Ypsilanti,  in  drawing,  geography  and 
history. 

In  the  State  Normal  School. 
Here  I  labored  for  sixteen  years,  though  after  the  first  two 
years  I  was  transferred  to  the  wide  department  of  natural  and 
physical  sciences, — not  including  botany.  However,  towards  the 
close  of  my  service  in  the  Normal  School,  since  named  Normal 
College — I  was  relieved  of  the  natural  history  studies,  but  con- 
tinued to  teach  physics,  astronomy  and  chemistry.  While  con- 
nected with  the  Normal  School,  during  two  interregnums  of  the 
principalship,  I  was  detailed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  to 


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divide  with  one  of  my  associates  the  duties  of  the  executive. 
During  my  time  there  the  school  grew  from  an  attendance  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  the  first  term  to  six  or  seven  hundred.  Large 
additions  were  made  to  the  buildings  and  my  department  was 
provided  with  well  equipped  physical  and  chemical  laboratories. 
A  little  working  astronomical  observatory  was  built  and  equipped 
largely  by  private  subscriptions ;  and  here  I  had  the  opportunity 
of  observing  and  reporting  one  of  the  rare  transits  of  Venus, 
and  a  transit  of  Mercury. 

While  in  the  Normal  School,  during  my  sixteen  years  of  ser- 
vice there,  I  was  very  often  called  on  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  of  the  state  to  assist  at  or  conduct  teachers' 
institutes,  one  time  and  another,  in  most  of  the  cities  and  villages 
of  the  state. 

In  the  Michigan  Agricultural  College. 
In  the  winter  of  1885  I  was  called  to  the  work  of  organizing 
the  new  department  of  Mechanic  Arts  in  the  Agricultural  College 
of  the  state,  under  the  presidency  of  Edwin  Willits,  just  elected. 
In  this  new  position  I  had  the  chair  of  Mechanics  and  Astronomy 
In  July  of  1885  I  began  duty  for  the  Agricultural  College,  visit- 
ing the  larger  manufacturing  cities,  meeting  manufacturers  for 
the  purpose  of  creating  with  them  an  active  interest  in  the  new 
department  of  Practical  Mechanic  Arts  at  the  College.  In  the 
winters  of  1885-86  and  1886-87  I  also  assisted  at  many  of  the 
farmers  institutes  held  by  the  College. 

In  the  Agricultural  College  of  South  Dakota. 
In  the  summer  of  1886  I  was  invited  to  take  the  presidency 
of  the  Agricultural  College  of  the  territory  of  Dakota.  I  visited 
the  seat  of  this  college  in  August,  and  again  in  the  winter  of 
1887,  and  assisted  in  getting  appropriations  for  the  institution 
from  the  territorial  legislature  at  Bismark.  In  March  of  that 
year  I  accepted  the  place,  and  resigning  in  Michigan  began  ser- 
vice in  the  new  field  in  April.  Here  it  was  building  almost  from 
the  beginning.  Faculties  were  to  be  organized,  courses  of  study 
formulated,  and  new  departments  of  study  were  to  be  opened 
while  a  farm,  tools  and  stock  were  to  be  purchased  and  new 
buildings  planned  and  erected.  Here  ten  years  of  hard  work 
were  given,  especially  hard  because  of  a  change  from  a  period 
of  good  crops  to  a  long  period  of  poor  ones.  The  people  were 
heavily  in  debt,  and  many  were  compelled  to  move  away.  In 
spite  of  it  all,  the  College  grew.  The  U.  S.  Agricultural  Experi- 
ment Station  of  South  Dakota  was  organized  and  set  upon  its 
work.  The  territory  had  meantime  been  divided  and  South 
Dakota  became  a  separate  state.  During  these  ten  years  of  ser- 
vice I  was  called  upon  to  speak  at  all  kinds  of  gatherings  in 
nearly  every  town  and  city  in  the  part  of  the  state  east  of  the 
Missouri  river  and  in  many  of  them  repeatedly.     The  faculty 


40  CLASS   HISTORY 

and  other  officers  were  nearly  quadrupled,  students  greatly  in- 
creased in  number,  courses  in  agriculture,  in  domestic  art  and 
science,  in  mechanic  arts,  and  in  pharmacy  were  established  and 
supplied  with  tools,  teams,  live  stock,  and  with  special  labora- 
tory facilities.  The  farm  was  increased  from  80  acres  to  240; 
and  the  buildings  were  increased  in  number  from  two  to  thirteen, 
while  chemical,  physical,  botanical,  zoological,  pharmacuetical 
veterinary  and  dairy  laboratories  were  provided  and  equipped. 
One  great  service  to  the  state  was  rendered  at  the  last  in  secur- 
ing an  amendment  to  the  constitution  by  which  one  Board  of 
Regents  came  into  control  of  all  the  state  educational  insti- 
tutions. In  1896  I  resigned  after  a  service  of  ten  years,  lacking 
two  or  three  months  from  the  time  I  was  elected. 

It  is  a  great  pleasure  to  me  to  record  in  these  notes  the 
statement  that  only  a  short  time  ago  in  June  of  1908,  on  invita- 
tion I  returned  to  the  scene  of  these  labors,  and  gave  addresses 
and  met  and  was  very  cordially  received  by  hundreds  of  my  old 
pupils  and  other  citizens  of  the  state. 

My  Family. 
I  was  married  in  December  of  1860  to  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Doty, 
and  we  have  six  living  children,  two  married  daughters  and 
four  sons.  Our  eldest  son,  Lawrence  A.  McLouth  is  professor 
of  the  German  language  and  literature  in  New  York  University, 
and  another  son,  professor  of  art  in  the  Oregon  State  College. 
One  of  the  other  sons  is  in  business  in  Detroit  and  the  youngest 
is  in  business  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Degrees.    Addresses.    General  Work. 

In  1884  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  was  conferred 
upon  me  by  Hillsdale  College  and  in  1903  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Pedagogy  was  conferred  by  the  Michigan  State  Normal  Col- 
lege. In  1885  I  was  elected  president  of  the  Michigan  State 
Teachers'  Association  and  in  1890  I  was  elected  president  of  the 
Manual  Training  section  of  the  National  Educational  Associ- 
ation. 

I  have  given  many  addresses,  and  read  many  papers  before 
educational  associations, — one  before  the  National  Educational 
Association  in  Philadelphia  in  1877  on  the  functions  of  the 
normal  school,  and  one  on  agricultural  colleges  at  its  meeting 
in  St.  Paul,  and  one  on  manual  training  at  its  meeeting  in 
Toronto. 

When  I  introduced  manual  training  in  the  Michigan  Nor- 
mal School  there  was  hardly  more  than  two  or  three  manual 
training  schools  west  of  Allegheny  Mountains  and  not  more  than 
five  in  America.    Now  nearly  every  city  in  the  land  has  one. 

When  one  of  my  associates  and  I,  in  the  Michigan  Normal 
School  in  the  summer  of  1875,  with  25  students  started  the  work 


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of  Summer  Schools,  we  were  laughed  at  for  our  pains ;  but  now 
nearly  every  college  and  university  in  the  country  is  boasting 
of  the  number  enrolled  in  the  "summer  schools"  and  the  old 
Michigan  Normal  College  enrolled  over  1500  at  its  summer  ses- 
sion of  1907. 

I  have  been  favored,  like  many  of  my  beloved  classmates  of 
the  U.  of  M.  of  1858  with  a  long  life  in  which  I  have  helped  a 
little  and  seen  many  good  things  grow  from  little  to  great. 

Correspondence  Teaching. 
For  the  last  ten  years  I  have  been  very  interestingly  em- 
ployed in  the  work  of  teaching  by  correspondence, — a  kind  of 
teaching  which  reaches  and  helps  thousands  of  young  people  all 
over  the  world  to  better  their  educational  standing  who  cannot 
take  advantage  of  the  ordinary  schools  and  colleges.  In  the 
Home  Correspondence  School  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  of 
which  I  am  one  of  the  Directors,  and  dean  of  the  faculty,  we 
have  enrolled  more  than  forty  thousand  students  from  all  parts 
of  the  world. 

OTIS  M.  McOMBER,  A.B. 
Died  at  Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  May  13th,  1897. 
President  Gongales  College,  Texas,  1860-68. 
President  Salado  College,  Texas,  1870-78. 

GEORGE  A.  MARK,  B.  S.,  M.  S.  '61. 
Surveyor. 

Postoffice  address  205  Manning  St.,  Hillsdale,  Mich. 
Born  at  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  July  11th,  1830. 

Following  graduation  the  first  notable  event  of  my  life 
was  my  marriage  to  Miss  Julia  M.  Baldwin  of  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
During  the  five  years  following  I  taught  school  in  the  States 
of  New  York  and  Indiana  and  then  settled  at  Hillsdale,  Michigan, 
where  I  have  since  lived,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  civil  engineer- 
ing. Save  the  sad  loss  of  a  son  in  1874,  and  of  my  wife  in  1890, 
the  years  have  sped  uneventfully  but  rapidly  and  happily.  Ten 
years  later,  I  married  Mrs.  Fannie  Birdsall  and  have  a  comfort- 
able and  quiet  home  at  Hillsdale,  in  the  enjoyment  of  which  and 
in  the  affectionate  care  of  my  wife  and  surviving  son  I  expect 
to  spend  my  remaining  days. 

CHARLES  ROLLIN  MILLER,  B.  S.,  M.  S.  '60,  L.  L.  B.  '60. 
I  was  born  in  Moravia,  N.  Y.,  June  7th,  1834,  and  came  in 
a  lumber  wagon  through  Canada  to  Washtenaw  County,  Mich, 
in  1838.  The  Pioneer  cabin  of  my  father  had  not  a  nail  or  an 
iron  hinge  used  in  its  construction.  The  floor  of  split  and  hewed 
logs ;  the  chimney  of  split  shakes  laid  up  and  covered  with  mud. 
I  lived  on  a  farm  in  Bridgwater  and  Saline  Townships  till  sum- 
mer of  1853.     I  prepared  for   the    University   at  the  Normal 


42  CLASS   HISTORY 

School,  Ypsilanti,  and  entered  as  a  sophomore  in  Michigan  Uni- 
versity in  1855,  and  graduated  in  1858.  I  read  law  one  year 
with  Governor  Alpheus  Felch  at  Ann  Arbor;  entered  the  law 
school  at  the  University  and  graduated  with  the  first  law  class 
in  April  1860.  I  went  the  same  spring  to  St.  Joe,  Mo.,  and 
opened  a  law  office  in  partnership  with  Hon.  George  M.  Landon, 
now  of  Monroe,  Mich.  The  Lincoln  presidential  campaign  fol- 
lowed the  same  year.  The  fierce  excitement  following  his  election 
and  inauguration,  the  firing  on  Sumter,  the  secession  of  the 
Southern  States,  the  calling  for  volunteers,  the  battle  of  Bull 
Run,  the  capture  of  Camp  Jackson  at  St.  Louis,  reduced  the  pos- 
sibilities of  legal  success  for  two  young  Yankee  Union  lawyers 
to  the  minimum.  Too  full  of  grit  to  back  out  and  hopeful  that 
90  days,  as  they  talked,  might  end  the  trouble,  I  hung  on.  Out  of 
money  and  in  debt  for  board  and  bed,  I  finally  took  a  clerkship 
in  the  St.  Joe  post  office.  I  helped  make  up  the  first  overland 
mail  across  the  plains  sent  by  coaches  from  that  place,  working 
for  52  hours  without  rest  or  sleep  to  get  it  ready.  On  New 
Years,  1862  I  went  home  on  a  visit  and  while  there  was  offered 
a  law  partnership  by  the  Hon.  Norman  Geddes  at  Adrian,  Mich. 
I  accepted  it  and  when  the  call  came  for  "300,000  more,"  I 
answered  and  helped  raise  a  Company  for  the  18th  Michigan 
Volunteer  Infantry.  I  was  mustered  in  as  Lieutenant,  August 
27th,  1862  and  left  at  once  for  Kentucky. 

I  spent  the  fall  and  winter  of  1862-63  at  and  around  Lexing- 
ton and  Danville  in  that  state.  In  spring  of  1863  we  were 
ordered  to  Tennessee.  I  was  promoted  to  Captain  and  detached 
for  duty  on  staff  of  General  Robert  S.  Granger,  Post  Commander 
at  Nashville.  After  that  I  was  on  staff  of  General  Miller,  then  on 
the  staff  of  General  Rosseau,  and  for  the  last  9  months  of  the 
war  on  the  staff  of  General  George  H.  Thomas,  Commanding 
Department  of  Cumberland  as  Assistant  Judge  Advocate.  I 
was  in  the  great  battle  of  Nashville,  there  receiving  my  only 
injury  during  the  war.  From  that  I  soon  recovered.  _  At 
the  close  of  the  war  I  was  mustered  out  at  Nashville; 
when  I  was  retained  for  the  defense  in  a  number  of  im- 
portant cases  before  the  Military  Courts,  receiving  in  90  days 
time  $3,500  in  fees.  With  this  I  returned  to  Michigan  and  married 
Miss  Mary  L.  Becker,  daughter  of  Hon.  Hiram  Becker  of  Ann 
Arbor.  I  returned  to  Adrian,  Mich,  and  resumed  the  law  part- 
nership with  Judge  Geddes,  which  he  had  kept  open  for  me  the 
three  years  of  my  Military  service. 

I  have  lived  and  prospered  in  Adrian  ever  since,  and  mixed 
somewhat  in  politics  as  a  Republican.  I  had  a  narrow  escape 
from  being  nominated  to  Congress  (lacked  one  vote).  For 
this  escape  I  have  been  profoundly  grateful  ever  since.  I  served 
as  Secretary  of  the  Public  School  Board  of  Adrian  for  11  years 
and  as  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  Lenawee  County  from  1868  to 


MICHIGAN  58  43 

1872.  I  was  appointed  by  Gov.  Croswell  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Control  of  the  Michigan  Reform  School  for  Girls  (now  Indus- 
trial Home  for  Girls)  and  was  re-appointed  by  Gov.  Jerome  and 
served  as  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Board.  I  was  ap- 
pointed by  Gov.  Pingree  to  a  ten  year  term  as  member  of  the 
Mackinac  Island  State  Park  Commission,  serving  as  its  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer.  I  was  re-appointed  by  Gov.  Warner  for  a 
second  term  of  ten  years  and  am  now  President  of  the  Park 
Commission. 

My  domestic  life  has  been  happy.  I  have  two  daughters, 
Mary  S.  and  Jesse  F.,  born  of  my  first  wife  who  died  in  1889. 
I  married  again,  my  second  wife  being  Mrs.  Anna  M.  Hale 
Wendell,  a  Virginian  lady  by  birth  and  descent,  and  with  whom 
I  am  quietly  and  happily  gliding  down  the  years  leading  to  old 
age. 

In  my  business  life  I  have  been  reasonably  fortunate  and 
successful,  having  accumulated  a  moderate  fortune.  My  law 
practice  was  always  remunerative.  I  quit  active  practice  17 
years  ago  finding  I  was  undermining  my  health  by  too  much 
work.  My  business  ventures  have  been  as  a  rule  successful.  I  am 
President  of  a  Wire  Fence  Company,  of  a  Brewery,  of  a  pro- 
ductive Oil  Company,  and  of  a  Bank,  all  in  successful  operation. 
I  have  been  quite  largely  interested  in  Michigan  timber  and  farm- 
ing lands,  owning  1000  acres  of  valuable  farms  in  Lenawee 
County  as  well  as  several  thousand  acres  of  timber  land  and 
farms  in  Northern  Michigan.  Eight  years  ago  I  bought  1200 
acres,  40  miles  northwest  of  Alpena,  Mich.,  and  platted  a  vil- 
lage upon  it  called  after  myself,  "Millersburg."  It  is  now  a 
thriving  village  of  1000  inhabitants  and  will  be  my  monument 
on  the  map  of  Michigan. 

In  closing  this  brief  memorial,  I  wish  to  put  on  record  my 
great  appreciation  of  the  50th  anniversary  of  the  Class  of  '58 
and  of  the  good  fellows  who  there  gathered  under  the  Oak.  What- 
ever success  in  life  has  been  mine  I  have  never  failed  to  give 
credit  for  it  to  the  mental  and  moral  training  I  received  at  our 
Alma  Mater  under  the  fatherly  care  and  guidance  of  our  Great 
Chancellor  Henry  P.  Tappan. 

The  writer  of  the  above  sketch  died  at  his  home  in  Adrian, 
Michigan,  October    13th,  1908. 

JOEL  MOODY,  B.  S.,  M.  S.  '72. 

He  was  born  in  the  Province  of  New  Brunswick,  near 
Fredericton,  October  28th,  1833.  His  parents  brought  him  to 
Illinois  in  the  spring  of  1834,  to  Kant  County,  on  the  Fox  River, 
where  his  father  acquired  160  acres  of  land,  a  part  of  which  is 
now  in  the  town  of  St.  Charles. 

His  parents  died  when  he  was  13  years  old.  He  graduated 
from  the  common  schools  of  his  town  when  16  years  of  age  and 


44  CLASS   HISTORY 

did  farm  work  until  19.  He  then  went  to  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and 
studied  in  that  college  three  years,  worked  for  his  board  while 
there  and  taught  school  one  winter  at  Penfield,  0. 

In  the  fall  of  1856  he  went  to  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  entered 
the  sophomore  class  of  the  University.  He  carried  along  with 
him  that  year  the  Junior  studies  and  examinations  and  entered 
a  Senior  in  the  fall  of  '57  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  '58. 

After  that  he  read  law  in  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and  in  December 
the  same  year  of  his  graduation,  he  was  admitted  to  "practice 
in  the  Supreme  Court  and  all  inferior  courts  of  the  State."  He 
then  married  Miss  Lizzie  King  of  Oberlin,  and  went  at  once  to 
Kansas  and  in  the  winter  of  1858-59  he  began  the  practice  of 
law  in  the  city  of  Leavenworth,  Kansas.  The  next  year,  1860, 
he  moved  to  Belmont,  Woodson  County,  of  that  state,  and  early 
in  1862  went  into  the  Union  Army  as  a  private  and  soon  became 
1st  Lieut,  and  afterwards  Captain  of  Company  "H,"  2nd  Indian 
Regiment,  a  regiment  of  Cherokee  Indians. 

In  1865  he  engaged  in  cattle  raising  at  his  home  near  Bel- 
mont in  Woodson  County,  carrying  on  his  law  practice  at  the 
same  time.  In  that  year  he  became  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
in  the  Lower  House.  In  1866  he  moved  to  Mound  City,  Linn 
County,  Kansas,  and  bought  and  edited  for  two  years  the  "Border 
Sentinel."  After  two  years  of  various  literary  work,  he  resumed 
the  practice  of  law  and  entered  politics.  He  was  again  a  member 
of  the  Lower  House  of  the  Legislature  in  1881  and  afterwards 
for  four  regular  sessions  and  one  extra  session  of  the  Kansas 
Senate  he  was  assistant  secretary  and  reading  clerk  of  that  body. 

From  1889  to  1893  he  was  Senator  from  the  6th  District  of 
the  State.  In  this  senate  he  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Education  and  became  the  author  of  several  school 
laws  and  especially  the  laws  which  legislated  business  and  sound 
higher  education  on  University  lines  into  the  State  institution 
at  Lawrence.  It  has  now  become  under  this  law,  a  high,  broad, 
advancing  institution  of  learning  for  the  state.  He  was  Regent 
of  this  University  from  1890-94. 

Of  late  years  he  has  traveled  much  in  the  United  States, 
visiting  nearly  every  portion  of  it,  to  get  acquainted  with  his 
country  and  countrymen. 

At  this  writing,  July  12th,  1908,  he  enjoys  good  health.  His 
residence  is  1222  Kansas  Ave.,  Topeka,  Kansas. 

ROBERT  STARR  MOORE,  A.  B. 

Lawyer. 

Chillicothe,  Mo.    Died  April  4,  1902. 

He  was  born  in  1831,  in  Otsego,  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  remained 
there  until  he  was  seven  years  old,  and  then  moved  with  his 


MICHIGAN  58  45 

parents  to  Hanover,  Indiana  where  he  went  to  school  in  the 
winter  and  worked  in  the  summer  for  several  years. 

After  his  graduation  he  studied  law  at  Hanover,  Ind. 

While  at  Ann  Arbor  he  met  Miss  Martha  Sperry  and 
soon  after  his  marriage  he  went  to  Chillicothe,  Mo.  This  was  in 
1860.  In  1862  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  Chillicothe,  and  in  the 
25th  and  26th  sessions  of  the  Missouri  legislature,  (1869  and 
1871),  represented  Livingston  County,  as  a  Republican.  While 
in  the  legislature  he  made  a  record  for  himself  as  being  one  of 
the  best  posted  men  in  the  House.  When  not  doing  public  ser- 
vice he  devoted  himself  to  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  had 
a  large  office  business. 

He  was  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  and  was  an  elder  in  that  organization  up  to  his  death 
and  for  many  years  Superintendent  of  its  Sunday  School  which 
under  his  management  achieved  great  success. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  leading  citizen  in  Chillicothe  and 
known  as  one  of  its  most  prominent  men. 

His  family  at  the  time  of  his  death  consisted  of  Frank, 
Mary,  and  John  Moore,  now  of  Denison,  Texas,  Mrs.  Laura  C. 
Field  of  Monticello,  Ind.  and  Miss  Anne  J.  Moore  of  Braymer, 
Missouri. 

JUDD  MIX  MOTT,  A.  B.,  LL.  B. 
University  of  Paris,  France,  '61. 

He  was  born  at  Alburgh,  Vt.,  Sept.  16,  1834,  and  there  pre- 
pared for  college  under  the  tuition  of  Major  Zebina  K.  Pangborn. 
He  entered  the  freshman  class  in  1854.  Upon  graduation  he  com- 
menced travelling  as  a  lecturer  on  scientific  subjects,  and  in  this 
way  visited  nearly  every  state  in  the  Union,  as  well  as  Canada. 
In  1859  he  commenced  the  study  of  the  law  at  Warrington,  N.  C. 
The  next  winter  he  spent  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  then  entered 
Harvard  University  Law  School,  remaining  there  one  year.  In 
1860  he  went  to  Europe  visiting  England,  Scotland  and  Ireland. 
He  then  went  to  France  and  in  Paris  attended  law  lectures  at 
the  University  and  on  examination  received  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  then,  in  the  winter  of  1860-61 
began  attending  medical  lectures  in  Paris,  after  which  he  visited 
Switzerland,  Germany  and  other  continental  countries.  When  in 
Italy,  news  of  the  first  "Bull  Run  Disaster"  decided  him  to  return 
home  at  once  and  join  the  Union  army. 

Immediately  after  his  arrival,  he  came  to  Michigan  and  en- 
listed as  Captain  in  First  U.  S.  Lancers.  He  held  that  position 
until  March,  1862,  when  he  was  appointed  Captain  in  the  16th 
Reg.  Mich.  Vol.  Inf.,  which  rank  he  held  until  he  was  killed. 

He  led  two  charges  in  the  battle  of  Hanover  Court  House. 
At  Gaines'  Hill  he  lost  both  his  lieutenants,  and  was  himself 


46  CLASS   HISTORY 

wounded  and  taken  prisoner,  carried  to  Richmond  and  was  con- 
fined in  Libby  Prison  two  months  until  exchanged.  Though  weak 
from  his  wounds  and  confinement,  he  at  once  resumed  his  com- 
mand. He  was  in  the  second  Bull  Run  battle.  At  Antietam  was 
in  the  reserve.  Engaged  in  battle  of  Fredericksburgh  and  of 
Middleville  or  Upper  Aldie,  Va.  In  this  battle  he  was  mortally 
wounded  on  June  21st,  1863.  He  was  removed  to  the  Armory 
Square  Hospital  in  Washington,  D.  C.  and  there  died  June  28th, 
1863,  aged  nearly  twenty-nine  years. 

His  friend  and  classmate,  Myron  E.  N.  Howell,  writes  of 
him: 

"He  was  a  thorough  student,  a  man  of  close  application,  of 
superior  mind,  and  was  regarded  with  high  respect  by  all.  As 
a  soldier  and  officer,  he  was  brave,  earnest  and  capable.  The 
news  of  the  disaster  to  our  arms  at  the  first  Bull  Run  battle, 
brought  him  in  haste  from  his  course  of  European  study,  which 
he  had  intended  to  prosecute  for  several  years,  and  it  was  impos- 
sible to  prevent  his  joining  the  army  and  engaging  in  the  thickest 
of  the  fight." 

CHRISTOPHER  MYKRANTZ,  A.  B. 

Lawyer. 

Ashland,  Ohio. 

He  was  born  May  31,  1834,  at  Ashland,  Ohio,  prepared 
for  college  there;  entered  Bethany  College  in  1854,  and  North- 
western College,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  in  1855.  He  then  entered 
Michigan  University  in  1856  as  a  Junior  and  graduated  with  the 
class  of  '58. 

After  his  graduation  he  attended  a  law  school  at  Cincinnati, 
O.  where  he  married  Emma  Louisa  Basnitt,  July  18th,  1861; 
returned  to  Ashland,  Ohio,  and  was  Superintendent  of  Public 
Schools  there  during  the  war;  he  then  went  to  Bryan,  Williams 
Co.,  Ohio  and  was  prosecuting  attorney  of  that  County.  He 
was  President  of  the  Normal  College  at  Bryan  for  ten  years  and 
also  Superintendent  of  the  Public  Schools  there  for  thirteen 
years. 

In  1883  he  returned  to  Ashland  and  was  Professor  in  Ash- 
land College  teaching  Greek,  German  and  the  sciences.  In  1886 
he  went  to  Paola,  Kansas  and  was  Superintendent  of  Public 
Schools  there  for  six  years.  Returning  to  Ashland,  Ohio  in  1892 
he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  with  his  son  Harry  A.  until 
he  retired  from  active  practice  in  1908. 

Altogether  thirty-six  years  of  his  life  has  been  devoted  to 
educational  work. 

He  now  resides  at  Ashland,  Ohio  and  is  interested  in  farm- 
ing and  horticulture. 


MICHIGAN  58  47 

His  family  consists  of  Howard  B.,  M.  D.  of  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.,  H.  A.  a  lawyer  of  Ashland,  O.,  Frank  F.  a  druggist,  Colum- 
bus, O.,  and  John  W.  a  lawyer,  Ashland,  0. 

ABRAHAM  NEFF,  A.  B. 

He  was  born  Oct.  19,  1831,  near  Ashland,  Ohio,  and  was 
prepared  for  college  in  the  Ashland  Public  Schools,  his  teacher 
being  S.  M.  Barber,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan. 

He  entered  Knox  College,  Galesburg,  Illinois,  in  the  fall 
of  1854  and  spent  his  Freshman  year  and  three  months  of  his 
Sophomore  year,  there.  He  then  entered  Michigan  University 
in  the  Sophomore  Class  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1858. 

Upon  his  graduation  he  became  a  teacher  for  several  years, 
and  then  went  into  business  with  a  partner,  merchandising  at 
Cuba,  111.  After  a  couple  of  years  his  partner  moved  to  Cali- 
fornia, but  he  continued  in  the  business  with  another  partner. 
While  so  engaged  he  was  burnt  out.  The  loss  so  sustained  was 
adjusted  but  never  paid  owing  to  the  failure  of  the  Company  in 
which  they  were  insured.  The  business  was  re-established  and 
carried  on  for  seven  years,  but  losses  were  met,  and  finally  he 
sold  out  at  a  loss. 

He  then  went  to  Bushnell,  111.  and  became  Superintendent 
of  the  City  Schools  for  four  years,  and  then  moved  on  to  a  farm 
in  Fulton  County,  111.,  where  he  has  been  up  to  this  time  (May 
1911).  He  also  taught  again  in  the  City  of  Cuba  Schools  for 
six  years. 

In  1864  he  married  Miss  H.  T.  Davett,  of  Knox  Co.,  111. 
who  has  been  a  "noble  helpmate"  to  him  and  is  still  living. 
Eight  children,  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  were  born  to  them, 
of  whom  two  daughters,  both  married,  and  one  son,  the  youngest, 
also  married,  are  living. 

Twenty-two  years  of  his  life  were  devoted  to  Educational 
work. 

His  address  is  R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Lewistown,  111. 

LYSTER  MILLER  O'BRIEN,  A.  B.,  B.  S. 
Colonel  U.  S.  Army. 
Died  April  12,  1912. 

He  was  born  at  Monroe,  Mich.  Dec.  7th  1836,  the  eldest 
son  of  Rev.  John  O'Brien  D.  D.  and  Charlotte  Tull,  his  wife; 
his  father  being  the  first  Rector  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church, 
Monroe,  Michigan  in  1831. 

He  entered  the  University  in  the  fall  of  1853  and  gradu- 
ated in  1858,  in  the  Literary  and  Scientific  Departments. 

After  his  graduation  he  studied  law  at  Detroit,  Michigan. 
In  the  fall  of  1859  he  entered  the  law  school  at  Harvard  Uni- 


48  CLASS   HISTORY 

versity  for  one  year;  returned  to  Detroit  in  the  fall  of  1860  and 
in  April  1861,  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  as  Attorney-at-Law  by 
the  Supreme  Court. 

In  July,  1862  he  assisted  in  raising  Co.  H.  27th  Michigan 
Infty.  Vols,  in  which  Company  he  was  commissioned  as  2nd 
2nd  Lieutenant,  to  date  Oct.  10,  1862,  and  was  mustered  into 
the  U.  S.  Service  Feb.  25th,  1863.  He  served  with  his  Com- 
pany and  Regiment  in  the  early  spring  of  1863  in  Kentucky, 
the  regiment  being  assigned  to  the  9th  Army  Corps,  and  with 
the  corps  went  from  Kentucky  to  the  seige  of  Vicksburg  and 
after  the  capture  of  Jackson,  Miss.,  returned  with  the  corps  to 
Kentucky  in  August,  1863;  participated  in  the  campaign  of  his 
Regiment  and  Corps  in  East  Tennessee  in  the  fall  and  winter  of 
1863-64,  being  present  at  the  battles  of  Blue  Springs,  Camp- 
bell's Station  and  the  seige  of  Knoxville,  by  the  Confederates 
under  General  Longstreet,  C.  S.  A.  and  in  the  operations  of  the 
9th  Corps,  in  East  Tennessee  following  the  seige  of  Knoxville. 

In  March  1864,  the  corps  rejoined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
and  took  part  in  the  campaign  of  that  army  under  General  U.  S. 
Grant  in  1864-65. 

He  was  with  his  Regiment  in  command  of  a  Company, 
in  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  North  Anna 
River,  Cold  Harbor  and  Petersburg,  where  on  June  17th,  1864, 
he  was  wounded.  He  returned  to  duty  with  his  regiment  in 
Sept.  1864,  and  served  with  it  in  the  final  campaign  of  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  1864-65,  participating  in  the  battles  of  Poplar 
Grove  Church,  Hatcher's  Run,  Fort  Steadman,  siege  of  Peters- 
burg, attack  on  and  capture  of  Petersburg.  He  was  brevetted 
Major  of  Volunteers  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  before 
Petersburg  and  was  honorably  mustered  out  as  Captain  with  his 
regiment  July  26th,  1865. 

He  re-entered  the  U.  S.  service  as  2nd  Lieutenant  16th 
Infty.  U.  S.  Army,  May  11th,  1866;  served  in  Kentucky  and  Ten- 
nessee 1866-69  and  on  reconstruction  duty  in  Virginia  and  Mis- 
sissippi in  1870.  In  December,  1870  he  was  assigned  as  1st 
Lieutenant  to  the  17th  U.  S.  Infantry  and  from  1871-94  was  on 
duty  with  that  regiment  in  Dakota,  Ty.  and  in  Wyoming  with 
the  exception  of  two  years  1876-78,  when  he  was  on  recruiting 
service  at  Columbus  Barracks,  Ohio.  During  his  services,  in 
Dakota  Territory  he  was  stationed  at  Cheyenne  Agency,  Fort 
Sissiton  and  Fort  Yates,  Standing  Rock  Agency,  and  was  on 
escort  duty  to  the  Pacific  R.  R.  Survey  in  1872,  and  in  the  Yellow- 
stone Expedition  of  1873.  He  was  stationed  at  Fort  D.  A.  Rus- 
sell and  Fort  Bridger  during  his  service  in  Wyoming,  1886-94 
and  took  part  in  the  Pine  Ridge  campaign  1890-91. 

He  received  his  promotion  to  Captain  17th  U.  S.  Infantry 
in  March  1879.    In  the  fall  of  1894,  he  was  stationed  with  his 


MICHIGAN  58  49 

regiment  at  Columbus  Barracks,  Ohio  and  remained  there  until 
the  spring  of  1898  when  upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish 
American  War  he  went  with  his  regiment  to  Cuba,  and  was  in 
command  of  it  at  the  Battle  of  El  Caney,  July  1st,  1898  and  dur- 
ing the  operations  resulting  in  the  surrender  of  Santiago,  July 
17th,  1898.  For  his  services  in  Cuba,  he  was  recommended  for 
the  Brevet  of  Lieutenant  Colonel.  His  promotion  to  Major  was 
received  in  April  1898.  He  returned  to  the  United  States  in 
August,  1898  and  was  again  stationed  at  Columbus  Barracks, 
Ohio  with  the  17th  Infantry.  In  February  1899,  he  went  with 
his  regiment  to  the  Philippines  via  the  Suez  Canal  arriving  in 
Manila,  April  14th,  1899.  He  then  took  command  of  the  1st 
Battallion,  17th  Infantry,  and  took  part  in  the  campaign  of  the 
U.  S.  forces  under  Major  General  McArthur  against  the  in- 
surgents, during  the  summer  and  fall  of  1899  and  in  the  various 
actions  and  skirmishes  incident  thereto;  in  which  his  regiment 
participated.  Also  in  several  independent  movements  and  ex- 
peditions while  in  command  of  the  1st  Batt.  17th  Infantry  dur- 
ing the  years  1899-1900.  During  this  time  he  was  in  temporary 
command  of  the  regiment  at  various  times  and  took  command  of 
it  upon  his  promotion  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  from  July  1900  to 
November  1900. 

For  his  services  in  the  Philippines  he  was  recommended 
for  the  Brevets  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Colonel  by  the  com- 
manding officer  of  his  regiment.  He  was  retired  for  age  Decem- 
ber 7th,  1900  and  has  the  rank  of  Colonel  on  the  retired  list 
of  the  Army. 

In  November  1877,  he  married  Helen  Falconer,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Cyrus  Falconer  of  Hamilton,  Ohio.  His  wife  died  in  1887. 
Two  of  the  four  children  of  this  union  are  now  living,  Mrs. 
E.  M.  Nicholas  of  Columbus,  Ohio  and  Falconer  O'Brien,  of 
Detroit,  Michigan. 

JOHN  WELLS  PAINE,  B.  S. 
Banker  and  Merchant. 

He  was  born  at  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  March  11,  1839.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Niles,  under  tuition  of  Rev.  Hiram  Adams 
and  David  Bacon,  and  entered  the  scientific  freshman  class  in 
1854.  Overwork  while  a  student  induced  a  nervous  affection 
somewhat  in  the  nature  of  epilepsy.  He  graduated  with  his 
class,  however  in  1858,  and  commenced  practical  life  as  a  hard- 
ware dealer  at  Niles  and  also  was  interested  in  a  banking  firm 
at  the  same  place.  His  health  becoming  such  that  he  could  not 
attend  to  business  matters  he  withdrew  entirely  from  all  con- 
nections of  that  kind  about  1866.  Thereafter  he  spent  his  time 
in  travel  and  study. 

He  was  particularly  interested  in  mathematical  investiga- 
tions and  the  study  of  political  economy,  and  wrote  on  both 


50  CLASS   HISTORY 

subjects  for  publication  several  monographs.  He  displayed  re- 
markable powers  as  a  clear  reasoner  on  intricate  subjects  and 
his  explanations  were  models  of  simplicity  and  strength. 

During  the  last  year  of  his  life  he  pursued  a  course  of  post- 
graduate studies  in  the  University  of  a  character  most  con- 
genial to  his  tastes,  largely  in  higher  mathematics.  When  the 
class  in  Civil  Engineering  went  into  the  field  for  practice  in 
June,  he  went  with  it  and  was  in  its  camp  at  Brighton.  On  the 
25th  of  June,  1881,  he  went  bathing  in  the  lake  near  the  camp 
and  being  attacked  with  his  peculiar  nervous  prostration,  was 
drowned  before  he  could  be  reached  by  help.  His  age  was  forty- 
two  years. 

He  was  singularly  diffident  and  modest  regarding  his  own 
attainments,  a  genial  companion,  a  warm-hearted  friend,  an  un- 
assuming conscientious  gentleman. 

T.  R.  Chase,  Necrologist. 

CHARLES  STEWART  PATTERSON,  B.  S. 
Merchant. 
Died  Dec.  15,  1873,  at  New  York  City. 
He  was  a  son  of  Hon.  Michael  A.  Patterson,  for  many 
years  a  Regent  of  the  University,  and  was  born  at  Tecumseh, 
Oct.  25th,  1836.    He  fitted  for  college  at  Tecumseh  under  tuition 
of  Professor  Estabrook,  entering  as  a  scientific  freshman  1854, 
and  graduating  B.  S.  1858.    He  commenced  business  soon  after 
graduation  as  a  druggist  at  Tecumseh,  and  married  Nov.  18, 
1862,  Miss  Caroline  Ketcham.    In  1873  he  was  forced  to  give  up 
active  life,  and  went  to  New  York  City  for  treatment  for  Bright's 
disease,   without  benefit.     He  died   December   15,   1873,   aged 
thirty-seven  years.     His  remains  were  interred  in  his  native 
place,  Dec.  20,  1873. 

"In  college  he  was  a  careful  and  diligent  student,  as  well 
as  a  genial  companion.  In  his  business  and  social  relations  in 
after  life,  he  was  without  reproach  and  beloved  by  a  large  circle 
of  relatives  and  friends." 

BROWSE  TRIST  PRENTIS,  A.  B. 
Lawyer.    Detroit,  Michigan. 
Died  at  Detroit,  May  4,  1912. 
One  of  the  proudest  days  of  my  life  was  when  I  became  a 
full-fledged  freshman  in  the  University  of  Michigan.    Another, 
and  I  think  even  a  greater  day,  was  when,  having  passed  my 
examinations,  I  was  for  the  first  time  called  by  our  old  class- 
mate Mott,  "Mr.  Sophomore  Prentis." 

The  rest  of  my  college  life  was  the  care-free  and  happy 
one  of  which  is  the  lot  of  most  students,  but  I  do  not  remember 
any  one  day  besides,  that  I  would  mark  with  a  white  stone. 


MICHIGAN  58  51 

On  the  last,  however,  Commencement  Day,  as  I  saw  the  sun  set, 
a  feeling  of  sadness  came  over  me  such  as  I  have  never  since 
felt  except  in  the  actual  presence  of  some  great  sorrow. 

In  those  days  I  believe  the  students  were  nearer  together, 
and  nearer  to  their  professors — more  like  a  family,  than  they 
are  now,  and  I  felt  as  if  family  ties  were  about  to  be  sundered — 
perhaps  forever.  Indeed  it  was  true  that  some  of  us  then  looked 
in  each  other's  faces  for  the  last  time.  As  to  our  professors,  it 
was  the  end  of  our  relations  with  them — relations  which  had 
become  dear  to  us.  I  mention  some  of  their  names  because  I 
love  to  do  so,  and  you,  old  classmates,  love  to  hear  them, — Tap- 
pan,  Haven,  Boise,  Williams,  Frieze,  Winchell — it  seems  that 
there  never  was  a  better  lot  of  men.  When  we  entered  the  col- 
lege, we  had  the  largest  contingent  of  Detroit  boys  that  had 
ever  presented  themselves,  Chester,  Gavin,  Lyster,  Quinby  and 
Fred  and  John  Speed.  I  knew  them  as  school  boys  in  Detroit, 
and  their  names  have  been  familiar  to  us  all  ever  since. 

Upon  graduation  I  returned  to  Detroit  and  shortly  after- 
wards was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  have  been  a  decently  con- 
ducted citizen  and  lawyer  ever  since,  and  nothing  has  ever  hap- 
pened to  me. 

I  have  never  been  a  sailor  or  soldier,  nor  ever  held  any 
important  office  of  honor  or  emolument,  I  have  never  even  been 
in  jail.  I  have  always  lived  in  Detroit,  but  have  traveled  a  good 
deal  in  our  own  country,  and  have  once  crossed  the  ocean — and 
come  back  to  tell  of  it.  I  was  born  at  Monroe,  Mich.,  January 
22nd,  1840,  and  in  1872  I  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Macklin, 
who  is — and  I  say  it  with  due  regard  for  the  feelings  of  the 
rest  of  you  gentlemen — the  best  woman  in  the  world,  and  we 
have  one  son,  John  H.  of  whom  we  are  very  proud,  who  is  a 
Minister  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

Three  of  four  years  ago  I  began  to  think  it  best  to  get  out 
of  active  practice,  before,  as  Wall  suggests,  I  was  obliged  to  do 
so,  and  have  been  "tapering  off"  ever  since.  I  still  maintain 
my  office,  where  old  friends  and  even  clients  are  welcome,  but 
I  do  little  law  business. 

I  am  glad  to  be  here  today  and  glad  to  see  so  many  of  the 
old  boys,  but,  the  death  of  Quinby  only  a  few  days  ago,  and 
the  recent  death  of  Chandler,  the  most  loyal  son  of  the  Uni- 
versity I  ever  knew,  casts  a  certain  gloom  upon  our  spirits 
which  we  cannot  shake  off,  and  would  not  if  we  could. 

There  is  much  to  make  me  proud  of  the  class  of  '58,  and 
one  of  the  chief  things  is  that  it  was  the  first  class — as  a  class 
— to  appreciate  the  grandeur  of  Dr.  Tappan's  character,  and  to 
love  the  man  for  himself.  And  to  the  influence  of  Chandler 
and  Quinby,  more  than  to  any  other  one  thing,  was  due  this 
appreciation  and  affection.    They  knew  Dr.  Tappan  better  than 


52  CLASS   HISTORY 

the  rest  of  us,  and  they  showed  us  the  way.  And  I  am  proud  of 
'"58,"  for  the  sake  of  these  two  men,  and  of  what  they  did  in 
this  line,  if  there  had  been  nothing  else. 

Again  the  class  of  '58  was  the  first  to  make  any  move- 
ment, as  a  class,  to  improve  and  beautifiy  the  rather  desolate 
field  that  is  now  the  campus — the  glorified  Campus. 

I  am  proud  too  of  the  fact  that  we  had  a  stronger  and  truer 
class-spirit  than  any  other  class  I  ever  knew  of.  And  this 
spirit  was  a  strong  one,  even  while  we  were  students.  We  did 
not  wait  until  years  had  passed  and  college  rivalries  had  been 
forgotten,  and  until  we  remembered  only  the  good  in  each  other. 
From  the  first  it  was  a  warm  and  sweet  reality.  We  did  not 
wait  for  the  ten  year  re-unions,  to  feel  and  manifest  that  feel- 
ing of  fraternal  good  will  of  which  I  am  speaking.  It  displayed 
itself  in  all  college  meets  and  contests,  both  intellectual  and 
athletic.  Wicket  was  then  about  our  only  out-door  sport — and 
it  was  a  good  one  too — and  I  remembered  that  we  challenged 
the  whole  University  to  a  match  game.  I  never  knew  any  other 
class  to  do  a  similar  thing. 

Another  evidence  of  our  affection  for  each  other  has  been 
the  large  attendance  at  our  re-unions.  I  do  not  think  any  other 
class  has  ever  shown  larger,  proportionate  gatherings.  And 
Chandler  was  always  there.  Frequently,  to  my  knowledge,  the 
fact  that  he  was  to  be  there,  brought  others,  and  if  that  were 
not  enough,  his  letters  did  it.  We  have  had  only  one  since  his 
death — our  fiftieth,  and  we  shall  perhaps,  never  have  another. 

I  am  proud  of  the  individual  members  of  the  class  of  '58 
I  do  not  know  of  a  single  one  who  made  an  absolute  failure  of  his 
life.  Many  of  them  achieved  distinction.  I  cannot  particular- 
ize. I  have  not  time  nor  space  to  refer  in  detail  to  their  ser- 
vices in  the  Civil  War.  There  were  too  many  of  them.  From 
the  heroic  death  of  Mott  and  Woodruff,  the  baby  of  the  class, 
almost  in  the  beginning  of  the  contest,  to  the  splendid  record  of 
O'Brien,  through  and  beyond  the  war,  from  the  shortest  to  the 
longest,  we  are  proud,  and  we  have  reason  to  be  proud,  of  them 
all.  Ail  the  men  of  our  class  in  every  relation  of  life,  so 
demeaned  themselves,  that  the  world  has  been  better  for  their 
living.  They  were  good  and  honest  men.  There  was  not  a 
sneak  in  the  class. 

OSCAR  FITZALLEN  PRICE,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '61 

L.  L.  B.  '60.    Abbington  College,  Illinois. 

Lawyer. 

Born  September  19th,  1836  at  Marion,  Ohio. 

Died  at  Kenosha,  Wis.  August  7,  1897. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  at  Eaton  Rapids  '59.     Practiced  his 

profession  at  Galesburg,  111.  subsequent  to  1859;  a  member  of 

the  Illinois  Legislature  1870-72 ;  a  Presidential  elector  in  1876 ; 


MICHIGAN  58  53 

solicitor  of  the  111.  lines  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.  He  was  pay- 
master and  purchasing  agent  in  Q.  M.  Dept.  U.  S.  Vol.  in 
Arkansas  and  in  the  Dept.  of  the  Gulf  1862-65.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  was  a  Trustee  of  Knox  College,  Illinois. 

On  November  20,  1862  he  married  Sabina  Lamphor,  the 
daughter  of  Judge  Lamphor  of  Galesburg;  a  veteran  of  the 
Mexican  War.  Their  children  are  G.  L.  Price  (U.  of  M.  '86), 
of  Galesburg,  111.,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Seeley  of  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  Mrs. 
F.  S.  Moore  of  Chicago,  and  H.  0.  Price  of  Seattle,  Washington. 

JOSEPH  E.  PRUTZMAN,  B.  S.,  M.  S.  '68. 

He  was  born  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  July  31,  1837.  Im- 
mediately after  graduation  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
at  Three  Rivers,  Michigan,  and  remained  there  until  the  year 
1867,  and  was  in  the  manufacturing  business  from  1867  to  1887. 

In  the  latter  year  he  went  to  California  and  from  there  to 
Oklahoma  and  in  1892  to  Chicago  where  he  remained  until  1901, 
when  he  went  to  Kansas  City,  Missouri  and  engaged  in  business 
with  the  Builders  Material  Supply  Company,  with  which  he  is 
still  connected,  having  offices  at  301-334  Scarritt  Building. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Hopkins  in  Detroit,  Mich., 
May  12th,  1863  and  his  family  consist  of  wife,  one  son  and  one 
daughter,  all  living. 

His  residence  is  1401  Linwood  Boulevard,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

WILLIAM  EMORY  QUINBY,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '61,  LL.  D.  '96. 
He  was  born  at  Brewer,  Maine,  December  14,  1835.  His 
boyhood  days  were  spent  at  Lisbon,  where  he  obtained  his  early 
education.  When  he  was  fifteen  years  old  he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Detroit  where  he  attended  the  old  Capitol  High  School 
and  a  private  high  school  conducted  by  John  M.  Gregory.  Here 
he  prepared  himself  for  entrance  to  the  University,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  Class  of  '58.  A  year  later  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Detroit  and  began  the  practice  of  law, 
becoming  at  the  same  time  court  reporter  for  the  Detroit  Free 
Press.  He  succeeded  so  well  in  newspaper  work  that  he  eventu- 
tually  gave  up  the  law,  and  became  a  regular  member  of  the 
Free  Press  staff.  In  1861  he  became  city  editor,  a  position  which 
he  occupied  for  two  years,  when  he  was  advanced  to  the  manag- 
ing editorship,  at  the  same  time  purchasing  a  small  interest  in 
the  paper.  By  1872  he  had  acquired  a  controlling  interest  in  the 
stock,  and  was  made  editor-in-chief  of  the  paper.  From  1872 
to  May,  1893,  Mr.  Quinby  continued  in  active  control  of  the  Free 
Press.  At  that  time  he  was  appointed  by  President  Cleveland, 
Minister  Plenipotentiary  and  Envoy  Extraordinary  to  the  Neth- 
erlands. This  post  he  occupied  for  four  years,  but  on  his  return 
he  again  took  up  his  newspaper  work,  which  he  resigned  only  a 
short  time  before  his  death.     In  addition  to  his  Baccalaureate 


54  CLASS   HISTORY 

Degree,  he  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  the  University  in 
1861,  and  Honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  in  1896.  He  was 
married  in  1860  to  Adeline  Frazier,  who  died  in  1905.  Six 
children  survive  him.  Mr.  Quinby  died  June  7,  1908,  following 
a  long  illness  and  an  operation  at  Harper  Hospital,  Detroit,  Mich. 
He  was  deeply  interested  in  his  class.  Was  present  at  nearly 
all  its  meetings  and  devoted  to  Dr.  Tappan. 

ALEXANDER  RICHARD,  B.  S. 
Farmer  and  Surveyor. 
Died  at  Tecumseh,  Michigan,  December  7th,  1905. 
He  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  University,  1858-59. 

SAMUEL  EZRA  SMITH,  B.  S. 
Died  at  San  Francisco,  California,  October  6th,  1888. 
1st  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  44th  Indiana  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. 

He  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  University  1858-59; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869,  and  practiced  his  profession  in 
San  Francisco,  excepting  the  year  1870,  when  he  was  at  Elk- 
hart, Ind. 

JOHN  TENBROOK  SNODDY,  B.  S. 

Major  7th  Regiment  Kansas   Cavalry.     Attorn ey-at-Law. 

Editor. 

Died  at  Mound  City,  Kansas,  April  21,  1864. 

He  was  born  in  Lycoming  County,  Pa.,  November  10,  1835. 
He  removed  in  1851  to  Indiana.  During  1852  and  1853  he 
attended  a  part  of  the  time  the  Western  Manual  Labor  School 
near  Annapolis,  Parke  County,  Indiana.  In  the  fall  of  1854  he 
entered  the  University  of  Michigan  and  was  graduated  in  1858. 
He  immediately  went  to  Cleveland,  Ohio  and  began  the  study  of 
the  law  with  Chase  &  Slade.  At  the  January  term  of  the  Ohio 
Supreme  Court  (Jan.  2,  1859)  he  was  admitted  to  practice. 

In  the  early  spring  of  1859  he  located  at  Leavenworth, 
Kansas  Territory  to  practice  in  partnership  with  Joel  Moody, 
B.  S.,  his  college  classmate.  In  the  fall  of  1859  he  removed  from 
Leavenworth  to  Mound  City,  in  Linn  Co.,  Kansas.  In  the  latter 
part  of  that  year,  or  early  in  1860,  he  married  Maria  Moody  of 
Oberlin,  Ohio.  From  the  time  he  located  at  Mound  City,  up  to 
his  enlistment  in  the  Union  Army  he  practiced  law,  and  edited  a 
newspaper  at  Mound  City.  In  the  fall  of  1860,  he  was  elected 
to  the  Territorial  Legislature  of  Kansas  and  was  serving  in  that 
body  when  the  state  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  He  took  an 
active  part  with  the  free  state  men  in  the  border  troubles  and 
defended  them  vigorously  in  his  paper  and  on  the  stump. 

When  the  war  broke  out,  and  enlistments  began  in  Kansas, 
for  three  years  service  he  volunteered.    This  was  in  June  1861, 


MICHIGAN  58  55 

but  owing  to  some  trouble,  the  batallion  in  which  he  had  enlisted 
was  not  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  service  and  he  returned  to 
Mound  City.  In  July  or  early  in  August,  1861,  the  raising  of 
the  7th  Regiment,  Kansas  Volunteer  Cavalry  was  begun 
at  Mound  City  and  he  was  commissioned  Adjutant  of  it. 
The  Regiment  was  filled  and  mustered  in  at  Fort  Leavenworth. 
In  the  capacity  of  Adjutant  he  served  until  the  summer  of  1862, 
when  under  an  order  from  the  War  Department  mustering  out 
all  Regimental  Adjutants  not  line  officers,  he  was  mustered  out. 

After  a  very  short  time,  however,  he  was  commissioned  Ma- 
jor of  the  same  Regiment,  and  returned  to  his  command  in  the 
field  and  served  with  it  in  the  capacity  of  Major  until  the  summer 
of  1863,  when  he  was  compelled  by  the  failure  of  his  health  to 
resign.  He  returned  to  his  home  in  Mound  City  in  the  fall  of 
1863,  almost  a  complete  physical  wreck.  He  again  opened  his 
law  office,  but  was  unable  to  do  any  considerable  work.     On 

On  April  1st,  1864,  he  and  his  brother  James  D.  Snoddy, 
published  the  first  number  of  the  Border  Sentinel.  At  this  time, 
however,  he  had  so  declined  physically  that  he  was  scarcely  able 
to  leave  his  house. 

On  the  21st  day  of  April,  1864,  he  died  at  his  home  in  Mound 
City. 

(From  History  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  1906) 

ADAM  K.  SPENCE  was  born  at  Rhynie,  in  the  shire  of 
Aberdeen,  Scotland,  March  12,  1831,  son  of  Dr.  Adam  and 
Elizabeth  (Ross)  Spence.  He  was  descended  on  the  father's 
side  from  the  Scotch  Highlanders.  His  mother  was  of  the  fam- 
ous Clan  Ross,  and  was  linked  with  the  Macdonalds,  the  Fraziers, 
and  the  McConachys.  He  received  his  early  training  in  the 
country  schools  of  Salem,  Washenaw  County,  Michigan,  to 
which  place  his  parents  had  removed ;  and  after  one  year  in  the 
preparatory  department  of  Olivet  College,  and  three  years  in 
the  same  department  of  Oberlin  College,  he  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  in  1854  and  was  graduated  Bachelor  of 
Arts  in  1858.  The  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  followed  three  years 
later.  Immediately  on  graduation  he  was  added  to  the  teaching 
staff  of  the  University,  and  filled  in  succession  the  following 
positions:  Instructor  in  Greek,  1858-59;  in  Greek  and  French, 
1859-60;  in  Greek,  Latin  and  French,  1860-63;  in  Greek  and 
French,  1863-65 ;  Assistant  Professor  of  Greek  and  French,  1865- 
67,  Professor  of  the  French  Language  and  Literature,  1867-70. 
In  1870  he  resigned  his  chair  to  accept  the  acting  presidency  of 
Fisk  University  at  Nashville,  Tennessee.  This  position  he  oc- 
cupied for  seven  years,  after  which  he  served  as  Dean  of  the 
Faculty  and  Professor  of  Greek  and  French  at  the  same  insti- 
tution during  the  remainder  of  his  life.     He  died  at  Nashville, 


56  CLASS   HISTORY 

April  24,  1900.  He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
Student's  Christian  Association  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  its  first 
president.  Throughout  the  entire  period  of  his  connection  with 
this  University,  first  as  student  and  afterwards  as  teacher,  he 
was  unceasing  in  his  labors  for  the  prosperity  of  this  Associa- 
tion. It  would  be  difficult  to  find  any  one  who  possessed  the 
genuine  missionary  spirit  in  a  greater  degree  than  did  this  man. 
Ann  Arbor  was  very  dear  to  him;  but  at  the  call  of  duty  he 
went  forth  to  strange  surroundings  and  to  social  ostracism,  and 
gave  his  all  to  the  cause  of  the  poor  and  lowly.  He  was  married 
in  1862  to  Catharine  Mackey,  and  by  her  had  four  children,  of 
whom  but  one  survives,  Mary  Elizabeth. 

JAMES  WORTHINGTON  STARK,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '68. 
Presbyterian  Clergyman. 
Died  October  1,  1909. 
He  was  born  March  4,  1833,  in  Colchester,  Conn.  Early 
in  life,  however,  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Michigan, 
where  he  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools,  and 
graduated  from  the  Normal  at  Ypsilanti.  His  college  career 
was  followed  by  three  years'  training  in  the  Union  Theological 
Seminary,  preparatory  to  his  ordination  in  1862,  when  he  en- 
tered upon  his  first  pastoral  charge  at  Danville,  111.  This  was 
followed  by  terms  of  ministerial  service,  varying  from  two  to 
ten  years  at  Jefferson,  Wis.,  Berlin,  Wis.,  Centralia,  111.,  Bloom- 
field,  Iowa,  Jerseyville,  111.,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  East  Trini- 
dad, Colo.,  Linville  and  Allerton,  Iowa,  and  again  Bloomfield, 
Iowa.  He  was  married  in  Jonesville,  Michigan,  to  Cynthia  Buck 
a  cousin  of  President  Taft,  who  died  at  the  close  of  his  service 
at  Trinidad,  Colo.  During  his  last  term  of  service  at  Bloom- 
field,  Iowa,  he  married  Henrietta  B.  Watson,  who  survives  him, 
with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Woodburn  of  Cincinnati,  O.  He  died  at 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  October  1,  1909. 

Resolutions. 

The  following  report  was  read  by  the  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee named  therein  at  the  Memorial  Service  held  for  Rev. 
James  W.  Stark  at  the  Presbyterian  Church  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, November  10,  1909,  and  was  on  motion  unanimously 
adopted. 

To  the  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  Congrega- 
tion, of  Jerseyville,  111. 

The  undersigned,  appointed  as  a  Committee  by  the  Session 
of  this  church,  to  prepare  Preamble  and  Resolutions  touching 
upon  the  life  and  death  of  Rev.  James  W.  Stark,  do  now  present 
the  following  as  their  report: 

Whereas,  we  have  received  the  sad  news  of  the  death  of 
Rev.  James  W.  Stark,  who  died  at  his  home  in  Los  Angeles, 


MICHIGAN  58  57 

California,  on  the  morning  of  October  1st,  1909,  after  eight  days 
of  acute  illness: 

Whereas,  over  forty  years  of  his  active  life  were  spent  in 
the  Christian  ministry,  and  it  is  the  recorded  testimony  of 
others  than  this  Committee,  that  "He  was  a  faithful  and  attract- 
ive minister  of  the  word  of  God";  that  "People  heard  him  gladly 
and  were  everywhere  impressed  with  the  sincerity  of  his  faith 
in  the  Son  of  God  and  in  His  Holy  Word"  which  testimonial  is 
heartily  endorsed  by  this  Committee,  and, 

Whereas,  ten  years  of  his  ministerial  life  were  spent  in  the 
service  of  this  church,  being  from  1873  to  1883,  during  which 
time  he  endeared  himself  to  those  then  here  who  listened  to  his 
voice  and  labored  with  him,  and  who  can  bear  testimony  to  his 
uniform  kindly  disposition,  his  able,  faithful,  conscientious  and 
untiring  labors  for  the  welfare  of  this  Church,  his  purity  of 
character  and  noble  Christian  example.  Therefore,  be  it  Re- 
solved, 

That  it  is  with  unfeigned  sorrow  that  we  learn  of  his  death, 
but  that  sorrow  is  softened  by  the  thought  that  his  useful  life 
was  spared  to  his  family  and  friends  for  so  many  years,  and 
when  the  time  came  for  him  to  go  to  his  home  on  high,  he  was 
prepared  for  the  change,  and,  like  the  Apostle  of  old,  could 
truthfully  say:  "I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I  have  finished  my 
course,  I  have  kept  the  faith.  Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me 
a  crown  of  righteousness,  which  the  Lord,  the  Righteous  Judge 
shall  give  me  at  that  day." 

Resolved,  that  we  extend  to  his  widow,  other  members  of 
the  family  and  friends  who  are  bereaved  by  his  death,  our  heart- 
felt sympathy  in  this  time  of  sorrow,  and  by  which  we  are  also 
made  mourners,  assuring  them  that  we  can  point  with  con- 
fidence to  the  God  he  served  so  long  and  faithfully,  and  whom 
he  loved  so  well,  for  comfort  to  us  all. 

Resolved,  that  a  copy  of  this  Preamble  and  Resolutions  be 
sent  to  Mrs.  Henrietta  B.  Stark,  widow  of  the  deceased;  that 
our  city  papers  be  requested  to  publish  the  same,  and  that  they 
be  spread  upon  the  records  of  this  Church. 

John  W.  Vinson, 
Mrs.  V.  C.  Harbert, 
W.  S.  Ross, 

Committee. 

OZORA  PIERSON  STEARNS,  B.  S.,  LL.  B.  '60. 

Lawyer. 

Died  at  San  Diego,  Cal.,  June  2,  1896. 

He  was  born  Jan.  15,  1831,  at  DeKalb,  St.  Lawrence  Co., 

N.  Y.    He  fitted  for  college  at  Oberlin,  Ohio.    His  residence  at 

that  time  was  Painesville,  Ohio,  and  from  that  place  he  came 


58  CLASS   HISTORY 

to  Ann  Arbor  in  the  autumn  of  1855,  securing  the  degree  of  B. 
S.  in  1858.  He  entered  the  first  class  organized  in  the  Law 
Department  and  received  his  degree  of  LL.  B.  1860.  He  im- 
mediately began  the  practice  of  the  law  at  Rochester,  Minn., 
and  in  1861  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  for  Olmsted  Co. 
In  August,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the  9th  Minnesota  Infantry  and 
was  appointed  1st  Lieutenant  of  Co.  F.  He  served  on  the  fron- 
tier against  the  Sioux  Indians  until  the  fall  of  1863.  He  then 
engaged  in  law  practice  until  April,  1864,  when  he  was  appoint- 
ed Colonel  of  the  39th  U.  S.  Colored  Infantry.  He  commanded 
his  regiment  in  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness;  also  in  the  Battle 
of  Petersburg,  following  the  Mine  Explosion  in  July,  1864 ;  and 
thereafter  took  part  in  numerous  skirmishes  and  minor  engage- 
ments during  the  campaign  before  Petersburg  and  Richmond. 
In  December,  1864,  he  accompanied  Gen.  Butler  on  his  Fort 
Fisher  expedition.  In  January,  1865,  he  was  with  his  regiment 
engaged  in  the  capture  of  Ft.  Fisher  under  the  command  of  Gen. 
Terry.  He  remained  in  the  service  until  December,  1865.  While 
in  the  army  he  was  again  elected  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  his 
county,  and  on  his  return  from  military  service,  began  the  duties 
of  his  office  January  1,  1866.  In  the  spring  of  that  year  he  was 
elected  Mayor  of  Rochester,  which  office  he  held  two  years.  In 
1867  he  was  appointed  United  States  Register  in  Bankruptcy. 
In  January,  1871,  he  was  elected  U.  S.  Senator  to  fill  out  the 
term  of  Hon.  Daniel  S.  Norton,  deceased.  In  the  spring  of  1872, 
he  removed  to  Duluth.  In  1874  he  was  appointed  Judge  of  the 
11th  Judicial  District  of  Minnesota  and  in  November  of  that 
year  was  elected  to  the  same  office  for  a  term  of  seven  years. 
He  was  three  times  elected  without  opposition.  While  holding 
court  in  1891  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis  and  his  health  there- 
after being  poor,  he  removed  to  San  Diego,  Cal.,  hoping  to  re- 
ceive benefit  from  the  change  of  climate.  His  death  occurred 
from  pneumonia  on  the  3rd  of  June,  1896,  at  his  residence  in 
San  Diego,  Cal. 

GEORGE  PHILANDER  SWEET,  B.  S.,  M.  S.  '61,  M.  D.  '65. 
Died  at  West  Fork,  Mo.,  January  8th,  1911. 

After  graduation  he  taught  a  term  at  school  and  spent 
some  time  at  Garret  Biblical  Institute,  Evanston,  Illinois.  In 
1859  he  married,  and  took  charge  of  an  Indian  Government 
School  on  Saginaw  Bay,  Michigan.  In  1860-61  he  attended  law 
lectures  at  Michigan  University.  In  1863  after  several  failures 
to  enter  the  Army,  he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  with  a 
view  to  entering  the  service  as  surgeon  of  Volunteers,  but  the 
war  ended  before  he  finished  the  course.  He  began  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  Allegan,  Michigan.  His  health  failed  and  he 
never  entirely  recovered  it.  In  1870-71  he  became  partner  in  a 
flour  mill  at  Canandaigua,  Michigan.     In  1871  he  removed  to 


MICHIGAN  58  59 

Illinois  where  he  remained  until  1882.  He  then  went  to  Missouri 
and  settled  in  Shannon  County,  among  the  foothills  of  the 
Ozarks.  In  1899  his  wife  died.  Since  then  he  lived  most  of 
the  time  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  having  sold  his  interests  in  Shannon 
County.  He  retained  his  professional  standing  as  M.  D.  and  in 
Dentistry  and  as  Pharmacist  and  kept  up  a  running  practice 
in  spite  of  ill  health.  He  labored  under  many  difficulties,  es- 
pecially owing  to  the  almost  total  loss  of  his  eye-sight  following 
an  attack  of  pneumonia  in  1899  from  which  he  never  entirely 
recovered. 

BRADLEY  MARTIN  THOMPSON,  B.  S.,  LL.  B.  '60,  M.  S.  '61. 

Lawyer. 
Jay  Professor  of  Law,  U.  of  M. 

He  was  born  April  16,  1835  in  Milford,  Oakland  County, 
Mich,  in  the  then  territory  of  Michigan,  the  son  of  Robert  and 
Maria  Short  Thompson.  His  father  was  born  in  Vermont  and 
his  mother  in  Genesee,  western  New  York.  His  parents  came 
to  Michigan  in  1832  and  settled  upon  lands  three  miles  south  of 
the  village  of  Milford,  purchased  from  the  United  States.  Until 
fifteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this  sketch  worked  upon  the 
farm  during  the  summer  and  attended  the  district  school  in  the 
winter,  when  he  was  sent  to  Albion  College  (Mich.)  to  prepare 
for  the  University.  He  entered  the  University  in  1854.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  college  activities,  was  cne  of  the  founders  of 
the  Adelphic  Society  in  1857,  and  was  elected  president  of  the 
society  at  the  close  of  the  first  semester  of  1857-58. 

During  the  school  year  of  1858-59  Col.  Thompson  taught  in 
the  Ann  Arbor  High  School.  He  read  law  during  the  summer 
and  entered  the  law  school  in  Oct.  1859,  graduating  a  member 
of  the  first  class  in  March  1860.  Immediately  upon  graduation 
he  was  examined  and  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Ann  Arbor.  While 
still  in  the  law  department  he  formed  a  co-partnership  with  a 
classmate  Charles  K.  Robinson  and  opened  an  office  in  East 
Saginaw  in  May  1860.  In  the  Douglas-Lincoln  presidential 
campaign  of  1860  he  was  candidate  for  prosecuting  attorney 
on  the  Democratic  ticket  and  went  down  to  defeat  with  his 
party.  In  1861  Charles  K.  Robinson  was  appointed  receiver  of 
the  U.  S.  Land  Office  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  Col.  Thompson 
and  Wm.  L.  Webber  and  Chancy  H.  Gage  formed  a  law  partner- 
ship under  the  firm  name  of  Webber,  Thompson  and  Gage. 

In  the  fall  of  1862  he  was  mustered  into  the  service  as 
Captain  of  Company  G,  7th  Mich.  Vol.  Cavalry.  He  was  in 
active  service  with  his  regiment  through  the  Gettysburg  cam- 
paign. In  the  fall  of  1863  he  was  appointed  commander  of  the 
dismounted  cavalry  camp  at  Washington  and  in  July,  1864  was, 
on  account  of  sickness  transferred  to  the  pay  department  as 
Major  and  additional  paymaster  U.  S.  Vols,  and  assigned  for 


60  CLASS   HISTORY 

service  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio  under  Major  Wm.  Cumback.  He 
continued  in  the  service  until  December  1865  when  he  was 
mustered  out  and  made  Brv't  Lt.  Col.  U.  S.  Vols,  for  distin- 
guished services. 

Col.  Thompson  returned  to  East  Saginaw  and  resumed  the 
practice  of  the  law,  which  he  continued  until  1888.  In  1866  he 
was  appointed  city  attorney  and  held  the  office  for  one  year. 
He  was  again  appointed  to  that  office  in  1870  and  held  the  office 
for  two  years.    In  1873  and  1874  he  was  Mayor  of  East  Saginaw. 

In  1887  Col.  Thompson  was  appointed  Jay  Professor  of  law 
in  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  removed  to  Ann  Arbor  with 
his  family.  His  work  in  the  department  did  not  commence 
until  the  beginning  of  the  second  semester  of  1887-88.  He  has 
continued  to  fill  the  chair  until  the  present  time.  He  was  Mayor 
of  Ann  Arbor  1890-91. 

December  20,  1860,  Col.  Thompson  married  Marian  Lind. 
They  have  had  three  children.  Isadore  T.  Scott  wife  of  Prof. 
F.  N.  Scott  of  Michigan  University.  Guy  B.  Thompson,  de- 
ceased, one  of  the  founders  of  the  Legal  News,  and  its  editor 
until  his  death,  and  Elizabeth  E.  Thompson. 

GEORGE  WILLARD  WALL,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '62. 
L.  L.  B.,  Cincinnati  Law  School  '59. 

He  was  born  at  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  April  22,  1839.  He  was 
licensed  to  practice  law  in  Illinois,  June,  1859,  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  the  same  year  in  that  state.  He  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Conventions  of  Illinois 
in  1861,  and  again  in  1869. 

He  was  elected  State  Attorney  3rd  Judicial  Circuit,  111. 
Nov.  1864  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  Convention  in 
1868  and  to  the  National  Democratic  Convention  in  1876.  He 
was  elected  Circuit  Judge  of  the  3rd  Judicial  Circuit,  111.  in 
August  1877,  re-elected  in  1879,  1885  and  1891,  his  term  of 
service  expiring  June,  1897. 

He  was  assigned  to  service  in  the  Appellate  Court  from 
Jan.  1879  and  so  continued  until  the  close  of  his  term  in  1897. 
His  opinions  are  to  be  found  in  Vols.  3  to  71  of  that  court. 

He  has  been  President  of  the  Illinois  State  Board  of  Law 
Examiners  since  1897. 

He  has  retired  from  practice. 

He  married  Miss  Celeste  Nettleton,  May  29th,  1862. 

The  children  now  living  of  this  marriage  are,  Willard, 
Charles  T.,  Juliette  (now  Mrs.  Francis  E.  Pope),  Samuel  V. 
and  Edgar  T. 

He  has  also  living  five  grandchildren,  Willard,  Helen  B., 
Jessie  Celeste,  Margaret  Ward  and  Celeste  Pope. 

His  address  is  DuQuoin,  111. 


MICHIGAN  58  61 

DAVID  BUEL  WEBSTER,  B.  S.,  M.S.  '64. 

Born  at  Monticello,  N.  Y.  June  11th,  1836. 

Died  at  Toledo,  0.,  May  28,  1913. 

During  the  winter  following  graduation  he  taught  school  at 
Liberty,  Sullivan  County,  N.  Y.  In  the  following  spring  he  re- 
turned to  Ann  Arbor,  and  on  April  12th,  1859  he  married  Miss 
Rebecca  Henion.  He  purchased  a  farm  on  the  Saline  Gravel 
Pike,  one  and  one-half  miles  south  of  Ann  Arbor.  After  thirty 
years  of  farm  life  he  sold  his  farm  and  moved  to  Ann  Arbor. 

In  1889  he  moved  to  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Three  of  his  five  children  are  living,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Bisbee  of 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Cole  of  Toledo,  Ohio  and  Charles 
H.  Webster,  2256  Rosewood  Ave.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

FITCH  REED  WILLIAMS,  A.  B.,  A.  M.  '69. 

He  was  born  at  Amenia,  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  De- 
cember 18,  1834.  In  1845  his  parents  removed  to  Michigan.  He 
was  prepared  for  tne  University  at  Albion  and  entered  sopho- 
more in  1853.  At  the  end  of  his  junior  year  he  fell  out,  re-enter- 
ing in  1857,  and  graduating  the  following  June.  For  the  next  two 
years  (1858-60)  he  was  Instructor  in  Latin  at  the  University,  and 
then  became  Professor  in  Albion  College  for  two  years.  In  1859- 
60,  in  addition  to  his  teaching  he  had  heard  lectures  in  the  newly- 
opened  Law  School  of  the  University,  but  he  did  not  seek  admis- 
sion to  the  bar  until  1866.  He  practiced  his  profession  at  Albion 
for  four  years  and  then  (1870)  took  up  his  residence  at  Elk 
Rapids,  Michigan,  being  the  first  attorney  to  open  an  office  in  An- 
trim county.  During  the  rest  of  his  life  he  was  a  leading  lawyer 
of  that  region,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  serving  his  sev- 
enth term  as  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the  county.  He  was  three 
years  Judge  of  Probate  by  appointment  of  the  Governor.  In  1876 
he  was  elected  State  Senator  and  served  one  term  (1877-79). 
He  was  for  some  years  a  trustee  of  the  Michigan  Asylum  for  the 
Insane  at  Kalamazoo,  and  held  other  offices  of  trust.  He  died 
suddenly  at  Elk  Rapids,  on  July  13,  1904,  in  his  seventieth  year. 

WILLIAM  SCHUYLER  WOODRUFF,  A.  B.  '58 

1st  Lieutenant  1st  Reg.  Mich.  Vol.  Infantry 
Mortally  wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  25th,  1864. 

The  son  of  Wm.  George  and  Augusta  Woodruff,  was  born 
at  Marshall,  Mich.  Aug.  22,  1838.  Prepared  for  college  at  Mar- 
shall Union  School  and  at  an  Academy  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Entered 
Sophomore  in  1855  and  graduated  in  1858.  Immediately  after 
leaving  the  University  he  began  teaching  at  Marion,  Alabama, 


62  CLASS   HISTORY 

and  continued  his  school  there  until  December  31,  1860,  when 
he  returned  to  Marshall.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  1st 
Regiment,  Michigan  Volunteer  Infantry,  August  1,  1861;  was 
appointed  Sergeant  Co.  "E"  and  served  in  that  rank  until  Dec. 

I,  1862  when  he  was  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant  and  on  Jan. 

II,  1864  was  promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant.  He  was  wounded  and 
taken  prisoner  at  Manassas,  Va.,  Aug.  30th,  1862,  was  wounded 
at  Gettysburg,  July  2,  1863,  was  in  command  of  his  Company  in 
the  trenches  before  Petersburg,  Va.,  was  wounded  June  25th, 
1864  in  action  at  Petersburg,  and  died  of  wound  in  Armory 
Square  Hospital,  Washington,  June  28th,  1864.  He  was  buried 
in  the  National  Cemetery  on  Arlington  Heights. 

His  father  writes  of  him  Jan.  1865. 

"William  was  a  good  general  scholar,  but  was  especially 
devoted  to  study  of  botany  and  of  geology.  For  these  studies 
he  had  fine  opportunities  while  residing  in  the  South.  His 
attainments  in  these  specialties  led  to  his  election  to  the  mem- 
bership in  several  scientific  associations,  and  Academies  of 
Natural  Science. 

"Self-sacrifice  and  self-abnegation  were  written  all  over  his 
brief  career.  My  great  consolation  in  his  loss  is  in  the  service 
he  rendered  his  country,  and  the  earnest  fidelity  of  his  Christian 
character." 


MICHIGAN  58  63 


FRATERNITIES. 


ALPHA  DELTA  PHI 

John  Graves 
Myron  E.  N.  Howell 
Charles  R.  Miller 
Robert  S.  Moore 
William  E.  Quinby 
James  W.  Stark. 

BETA  THETA  PHI 

Frank  Askew 
Edward  Bruce  Chandler 
Thomas  Gore  Gavin 
Daniel  Kloss 
Christopher  Mykrantz 
Abraham  Neff 
Oscar  F.  Price 
Browse  T.  Prentis 
George  W.  Wall 

CHI  PSI 

Hamilton  J.  Dennis 
Henry  F.  Lyster 
Otis  McOmber 
Lyster  Miller  O'Brien 

DELTA  KAPPA  EPSILON 
Luther  Beckwith 
Wesley  A.  Green 
Ruel  M.  Johnson 
Ozora  P.  Stearns 
Bradley  M.  Thompson 

ZETA  PSI 

Horace  Halbert 
Liberty  E.  Holden 
Henry  A.  Humphrey 
Lewis  McLouth 


64  CLASS   HISTORY 


SERVICE  IN  THE  WAR  OF    THE  REBELLION. 


1  ASKEW,  FRANK 

2nd  Lieut.  17th  Ohio  Vols.  Infty.,  April  17,  1861 ;  1st 
Lieut.  May  17,  1861.  Served  in  West  Virginia  until  close  of 
this  regiments'  three  month's  service.  Mustered  out  Aug.  15, 
1861.  Captain  15th  Ohio,  Vols.  Infty.  Sept.  13,  1861.  Lieut. 
Colonel,  Oct.  24,  1862.  Colonel,  July  28,  1864.  Brig.  General 
U.  S.  Vol.,  July  14,  1864  for  "Gallant  and  meritourious  services 
during  the  war."  Mustered  out  Nov.  22,  1865  and  honorably 
discharged  Dec.  27,  1865.  His  service  was  with  the  Army  of 
the  Cumberland  and  included  the  battles  of  Shiloh,  Stone  River, 
Chickamauga,  and  those  of  the  Atlantic  Campaign,  Franklin  and 
Nashville.  He  was  wounded  and  captured  at  Stone  River  being 
left  at  Murfreesboro  on  retirement  of  Bragg's  Army.  He  was 
slightly  wounded  in  action  before  Atlanta  July  28,  1864  but 
remained  on  duty. 

Member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  and  also 
of  the  G.  A.  R. 

2  BUCK,  HENRY  A. 

Enlisted  Oct.  28,  1861  in  Co.  K.  51,  Illinois  Vol.  Infty. 
Commissioned  2nd  Lieut.  51st  Illinois  Vol.  Infty.  June  12th, 
1863  to  rank  from  April  16th,  1863. 

Killed  in  action  at  Chickamauga,  Ga.,  Sept.  19,  1863. 

3  CHESTER,  GEO.  M. 

Clerk  Q.  M.  Dept.  U.  S.  A.  1861  under  Col.  Rucker 
U.  S.  A.  Captain  and  Quartermaster  U.  S.  Vols.  June  30th, 
1864.     Resigned  Nov.  7th,  1864  and  honorably  discharged. 

4  GREEN,  WESLEY  A. 

1st  Lieut.  4th  Mich.  Cavalry  Vols.  Aug.  13,  1862.  Re- 
signed and  honorably  discharged  Jan.  23,  1863.  Died  at 
Soldier's  Home,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Feb.  25,  1910,  on  account 
of  disease  contracted  while  in  service  in  the  line  of  duty. 

5  HORNER,  JOHN  W. 

Entered  the  service  as  1st  Lieut.  Co.  K,  1st  Mich.  Vols. 
Inft.  in  April,  1861.  Mustered  out  Aug.  7,  1861.  Captain  Co. 
C  18th  Mich.  Vols.  Infty.  July  27,  1862.  Major,  Aug.  13,  1862. 
Lieut.  Colonel,  Feb.  21,  1864.  Colonel,  March  21,  1865.  Mustered 
out  and  honorably  discharged  June  26,  1865. 


MICHIGAN  58  65 

Member  of  Military  Commission  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  Sept. 

1,  1863.  Member  of  Board  of  Examiners  Oct.  6  to  Dec.  1863. 
In  command  of  Military  Prison  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  Jan.  7,  1864. 
Provost  Marshall  at  Nashville,  Feb.  27  to  June,  1864. 

6  JOHNSON,  RUEL,  M. 

Captain  100  Indiana  Vols.  Infty.  Aug.  1862.     Major 

1863.  Lieut.  Colonel,  Jan.  9,  1864.    Commissioned  Colonel,  May 

2,  1865,  not  mustered.  Mustered  out  as  Lt.  Col.  with  Regt. 
June  8,  1865  and  honorably  discharged. 

Awarded  Medal  of  Honor  "while  in  command  of  the  regi- 
ment at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  Nov.  25,  1863,  bravely  exposing 
himself  to  the  fire  of  the  enemy,  encouraging  and  cheering 
his  men." 

Member  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 

7  LYSTER,  HENRY  F. 

Assistant   Surgeon   2nd   Mich.   Vols.   Infty.   April   25, 

1861.  Mustered  in  U.  S.  Service  May  25,  1861.  Surgeon  5th 
Mich.  Vols.  Infty.  July  15,  1862.  Mustered  out  and  honorably 
discharged  May  28,  1865. 

He  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  1861-65 ;  was  Sur- 
geon-in-Chief  of  the  3rd  Field  Hospital  1st  Div.  3rd  Corps; 
Operating  Surgeon  in  the  2nd  and  3rd  Corps:  Acting  Medical 
Director  and  Medical  Inspector  of  the  3rd  Corps.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Va.,  May  5th,  1864. 

Member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 

8  MILLER,  CHARLES  R. 

First  Lieut.   Co.   C.   18th   Mich.  Vol.  Infty.   July  27, 

1862.  Captain  Aug.  13,  1862.  Mustered  out  and  honorably  dis- 
charged June  26,  1865.  On  duty  staff  of  General  Robert  S. 
Granger  Post  Commander  at  Nashville,  and  afterwards  on 
staff  of  Gen.  Miller ;  then  on  staff  of  Gen.  Rosseau ;  and  for  the 
last  nine  months  of  the  war  on  staff  of  Gen.  George  H.  Thomas, 
Commanding  Army  of  the  Cumberland ;  was  on  duty  as  Assist- 
ant Judge  Advocate  from  Oct.  1st,  1863  to  May,  1865. 

He  was  wounded  in  action  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  Dec.   16, 

1864.  His  service  was  in  Army  of  the  Cumberland. 

9  MOORE,  ROBT.  S. 

Captain  Co.  H.  65th,  Enrolled  Missouri  Militia,  Oct. 
30, 1862.  Colonel  14th  Regt.  Mo.  Militia,  1865.  Provost  Marshall 
Northern  District  of  Mo.,  1865. 

10  MOODY,  JOEL. 

Enlisted  as  a  private  in  Co.  H.  June  16th,  1862.  2nd 
Indian  Regt.  (Cherokee)  :  First  Lieut.  Co.  A,  July  7th,  1862, 
2nd  Indian  Regt.  Capt.  Sept.  4,  1863.  Mustered  out  and 
honorably  discharged  Sept.  23,  1863. 

Member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 


6b  CLASS   HISTORY 

11  MOTT,  JUD  M. 

Captain  Co.  I,  16th  Mich.  Vol.  Infty.  Sept.  30,  1861. 
He  served  with  his  regiment  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac:  was 
wounded  and  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Gaines'  Mill,  June 
27,  1862,  and  confined  in  Libby  Prison,  Richmond,  Va.  until  ex- 
changed Aug.  12,  1862,  when  though  weak  from  his  wound  he 
resumed  command  of  his  company:  was  in  the  second  battle  of 
Bull  Run,  Aug.  29-30,  1862  where  his  company  lost  several  in 
killed  and  wounded.  At  Antietam  he  was  in  reserve:  was  en- 
gaged in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  11-15,  1862  and 
was  mortally  wounded  in  action  at  Upper  Aldie,  Va.,  June  21st, 
1863,  from  which  wound  he  died  at  Armory  Square  Hospital, 
Washington,  D.  C.  June  28,  1863. 

12  O'BRIEN,  LYSTER  M. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant  27th,  Mich.  Vols.  Infty. 
Oct.  10,  1862:  1st  Lieut.  Jan.  29,  1864:  1st  Lieut,  and  Adjutant, 
May  5,  1864:  Captain,  Nov.  17,  1864:  Brevet  Major  U.  S.  Vols. 
March  13,  1865,  for  "Gallant  and  meritorious  services  before 
Petersburg,  Va."  Mustered  out  and  honorably  discharged  July 
26,  1865. 

His  service  with  the  9th  Army  Corps  (Burnsides)  in  Ky. 
and  Miss,  during  the  spring  and  summer  of  '63:  in  Ky.  and 
Tenn.,  fall  and  winter  of  1863  to  March,  1864 :  then  in  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  in  the  campaign  against  Richmond  and  Peters- 
burg from  April,  1864  to  the  close  of  this  campaign  in  April, 
1865.  During  this  time  he  was  in  the  following  battles,  Vicks- 
burg,  Jackson,  Blue  Springs,  Campbell's  Station,  Siege  of  Knox- 
ville,  The  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  North  Anna  River, 
Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  Poplar  Grove  Church,  Hatchers  Run, 
Siege  of  Petersburg,  Fort  Steadman,  Attack  on  and  capture  of 
Petersburg,  and  in  the  many  skirmishes  incident  to  these  battles 
and  campaigns.  He  was  wounded  June  17,  1864  at  Petersburg, 
returning  to  duty  in  Sept.,  1864. 

Member  of  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  of  the 
G.  A.  R. 

For  subsequent  service  in  the  Regular  Army  of  the  U.  S. 
see  Biolographical  sketch. 

13  PRICE,  OSCAR  F. 

In  Quartermasters  Department  U.  S.  Vols. 

14  SMITH,  SAMUEL  E. 

1st  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  44th  Indiana  Vols.  Infty. 
Nov.  7,  1863,  mustered  in  U.  S.  service,  Nov.  14,  1863 ;  mustered 
out  Jan.  17,  1865  and  honorably  discharged. 

15  SNODDY,  JOHN  T. 

He  volunteered  when  enlistments  began  in  Kansas  in 
June,  1861  for  three  years  service,  but  the  battalion  in  which 


MICHIGAN  58  67 

he  enlisted  was  not  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  service.  On  Oct. 
14,  1861  he  was  mustered  as  1st  Lieut,  and  Adjutant  7th  Kansas 
Cavalry:  mustered  out  as  such  July  17,  1862.  Major  7th  Kan- 
sas Cavalry,  July  22,  1862.  Resigned  on  account  of  ill  health 
and  honorably  discharged  March  6,  1863.  Died  at  Mound 
City,  Kansas,  April  21,  1864  of  disease  contracted  in  the  service 
in  the  line  of  duty. 

16  STEARNS,  OZORA  P. 

1st  Lieutenant  9th  Minnesota  Vols.  Infty.  Aug.  19, 
1862.  He  served  on  the  frontier  against  the  Sioux  Indians 
until  the  fall  of  1863.  Appointed  Colonel  of  the  39th  U.  S.  Col- 
ored Infty.,  April  24,  1864,  and  in  command  of  his  regiment  par- 
ticipated in  the  campaign  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  1864-65 
against  Richmond  and  Petersburg:  accompanied  General  Butler 
in  his  Fort  Fisher  expedition  in  Dec.  1864,  and  in  Jan.  1865 
was  with  his  regiment  engaged  in  the  capture  of  Fort  Fisher 
by  Gen.  Terry. 

He  remained  in  service  until  Dec.  1865,  when  he  was  mus- 
tered out  and  honorably  discharged. 

17  THOMPSON,  BRADLEY  M. 

Entered  service  as  1st  Lieut.  Co.  C.  7th  Mich.  Cav. 
Mustered  into  U.  S.  service  Nov.  13,  1862,  to  date  from  Sept. 
20,  1862:  Captain  Co.  G.  7th  Mich.  Cav.  Oct.  15,  1862.  Trans- 
ferred to  the  Pay  Dept.,  July  31,  1864,  as  Major  and  additional 
paymaster  U.  S.  Vols,  to  date  from  July  2,  1864.  Bvt.  Lt.  Col. 
U.  S.  Vols.  March  13,  1865  for  "Faithful  and  meritorious  ser- 
vices during  the  war."  Mustered  out  and  honorably  discharged 
Dec.  1,  1865.  He  was  in  active  service  with  his  regiment  through 
the  Gettysburg  campaign:  appointed  commander  of  the  dis- 
mounted cavalry  camp  at  Washington,  D.  C.  in  the  fall  of  1863. 
Member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 

18  WOODRUFF,  WILLIAM  S. 

Enlisted  as  a  private  in  Co.  E.  1st  Mich.  Vol  Infty. 
July  16,  1861:  appointed  Sergeant  Co.  E.  and  served  as  such 
until  Dec.  1,  1862  when  he  was  appointed  2nd  Lieut:  promoted 
1st  Lieut.  Jan.  11,  1864:  was  wounded  and  taken  prisoner  at 
Manassas,  Va.,  Aug.  30,  1862 :  wounded  at  Gettysburg,  Pa.  July 
2,  1863:  in  command  of  his  company  in  the  trenches  before 
Petersburg:  mortally  wounded  in  action  at  Petersburg,  June  25, 
1864  and  died  of  wound  in  Armory  Square  Hospital,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  June  28,  1864.  Buried  in  the  National  Cemetery, 
Arlington,  Va. 


68 


CLASS   HISTORY 


SUMMARY. 


Names                             Course  Yrs. 

Frank    Askew     Sc  4 

Luther    Beckwith     Sc  4 

Henry    A.    Buck CI  4 

Heman  B.  Burgess CI  4 

E.   Bruce   Chandler CI  4 

George   M.   Chester CI 

George    M.    Danforth  .  .  .  .  Sc  4 

Hamilton  J.    Dennis CI  4 

John    Q.    A.    Fritchey ....  CI  4 

Thomas    G.    Calvin CI  4 

John    Graves    CI  4 

Wesley     A.     Green CI  4 

Horace  Halbert Sc  3 

Liberty   E.   Holden CI  2 

John  W.  Horner CI  3 

Myron   E.    N.   Howell....  Sc  4 

Henry    A.    Humphrey ....  CI  4 

Ruel  M.  Johnson Sc  4 

Daniel   Kloss    CI  4 

Adoniram    J.    Looinis.  .  .  .CI  4 

Henry  F.   Lyster CI  4 


Born 

Degrees 

Remarks 

Age 

1837 

B.  S. 

'58 

Died  Apr.  28,  1902 

65 

1832 

B.  S. 

'58 

Died  Aug.  10,  1885 

52 

A.  B. 

A.  M. 

'58 
'61 

Killed  in  action 
Sept.  19,  1863 

1833 

A.  B. 

A.  M. 

B.  D. 

'58 
'63 
'61 

Plattsmouth,  Neb. 

1838 

A.  B. 

A.  M. 

'58 
'68 

Died  June  6,  1904 

66 

1S38 

A.  B. 
A.  M. 

'58 
'70 

Died  June  7,  1891 

53 

1836 

B.  S. 
L.  L.  B. 
M.  S. 

'58 
'60 
'62 

Died  Jan.  9,  1S81 

45 

1835 

A.  B. 
L.  L.  B. 

'58 
'61 

Died  Oct.  12,  1894 

59 

1830 

A.  B. 

A.  M. 

'58 
'64 

Died  Sept.  3,  1897 

67 

1835 

A.  B. 

'58 

Died  Dec.  28,  1861 

26 

A.  B. 
L.  L.  B. 

A.  M. 

'58 
'60 
'70 

Died  April  21,  1902 

1832 

A.  B. 

L.  L.  B. 
A.  M. 

'58 
'60 
'61 

Died  Feb.  25,  1910 

78 

1S27 

B.  S. 

'58 

Died  Feb.  5,  1912 

85 

1833 

A.  B. 
A.  M. 

'58 
'61 

Cleveland  Ohio 

1833 

A.  B. 

A.  M. 

'58 
'62 

Died  Aug.  16,  1874 

41 

1833 

B.  S. 

'5S 

Died  Feb.  17,  1888 

55 

1832 

A.  B. 
A.  M. 

'5S 
'61 

Died  Feb.  6,  1865 

33 

B.  S, 

M.  S. 

'58 
'65 

Died  Nov.  12,  1901 

1830 

A.  B. 
D.  D. 

'58 
'88 

Died  January,  1912 

82 

1833 

A.  B. 

A.  M. 

'58 
'61 

Died  March  2,  1903 

70 

1837 

A.  B. 
M.  D. 
A.  M. 

'58 
*60 
'61 

Died  Oct.  3,  1894 

57 

MICHIGAN  58 


GU 


Course  Yrs.        Born 


Degrees 


Remarks 


Age 


Lewis  McLouth CI  4 

Otis    M.    McOmber CI  4 

George   A.   Mark Sc  4 

Charles  R.   Miller Sc  3 

Joel    Moody Sc  2 

Robert     S.     Moore CI  4 

Jud  Mix  Mott CI  4 

Christopher    Mykrantz  .  .  .  CI  2 

Abraham     Neff     CI  3 

Lyster    M.    O'Brien CI    Sc   5 

John  W.   Paine Sc  4 

Charles   S.    Patterson.  ...  Sc  4 

Browse    T.    Prentis CI  4 

Oscar    F.     Price CI  4 

Joseph    E.    Prutzman.  .  .  .  Sc  4 

William    E.    Quinby CI  4 

Alexander   Richard Sc  4 

Samuel  E.  Smith Sc  4 

John   T.    Snoddy Sc  4 

Adam  K.  Spence CI  4 

James  W.   Stark CI  4 

Ozora   P.    Stearns Sc  3 

George    P.    Sweet Sc  4 

Bradley   M.   Thompson  ..  .Sc  4 

George  W.   Wall CI  4 

David    B.    Webster Sc  4 

William    S.   Woodruff CI  3 


a.  B.  '58 

A.  M.  '61 

Ph.  D.  '84 

M.   P.  '03      Died    March    14,    1909 


A.  B. 

•58 

Died   May  13,   1897 

1830 

B.   S. 
M.   S. 

'58 
'61 

205    Manning   St., 
Hillsdale,    Mich. 

1834 

A.  B. 
L.  L.B. 

M.   S. 

'58 
'60 
'62 

Died    Oct.    13,    1908 

74 

1833 

B.    S. 
M.    S. 

'58 
'72 

1222    Kansas   Ave., 
Topeka,     Kan. 

1831 

A.   B. 

'58 

Died  Apr.    4,    1902 

71 

1834 

A.   B. 
L.  L.  B. 

'58 
'61 

Died  of  wounds  received 
in  action,  June  28,   '63 

29 

1834 

A.   B. 

'58 

Center  St.,  Ashland,  O. 

1831 

A.   B. 

'58 

R.  R.  No.  1,  Lewistown,  111. 

1836 

A.  B. 

B.  S. 

'58 
'58 

The    Pasadena, 
Detroit,    Mich. 

1839 

B.    S. 

'58 

Drowned  June  25,   1881 

42 

1836 

B.    S. 

'58 

Died  Dec.  15,   1873 

37 

A.   B. 

'58 

Buhl   Bldg.,    Detroit,    Mich. 

1836 

A.   B. 
L.  L.  B. 

A.   M. 

'58 
'60 
'61 

Died   Aug.    7,    1897 

61 

1837 

B.    S. 
M.   S. 

'58 
'68 

1401    Linwood    Ave., 
Kansas    City,    Mo. 

1835 

A.   B. 

A.   M. 
L.  L.  D. 

'58 
'61 
'96 

Died    June    7,    190S 

73 

B.   S. 

'58 

Died  Dec.   7,   1905 

B.    S. 

'58 

Died    Oct.    6,    1888 

1835 

B.    S. 

'58 

Died  Apr.   21,    1864 

29 

1831 

A.   B. 

A.   M. 

'58 
'61 

Died  Apr.    24,    1900 

69 

1833 

A.   B. 

A.   M. 

'58 
'68 

Died  Oct.   1,    1909 

76 

1831 

B.   S. 
L.  L.  B. 

'58 
'60 

Died  June   2,    1896 

65 

B.   S. 
M.   S. 
M.  D. 

•58 
•61 
•65 

Died    Jan.     8,     1911 

1835 

B.   S. 
L.  L.B. 

M.    S. 

•58 
•60 
'61 

Ann   Arbor,    Mich. 

1839 

A.  B. 
L.  L.  B. 
A.  M. 

'58 
'59 

'62 

Duquoin,    111. 

1836 

B    S. 
M.  S. 

'58 
'64 

2256    Rosewood   Ave., 
Toledo,   Ohio 

1838 

A.   B. 

58 

Died  of  wounds  received 
action.  June  28,  1864 

in 
26 

70  CLASS   HISTORY 


MEMBERS  DECEASED. 


IN  CHRONOLOGICAL  ORDER. 

Age 

1  Thomas    G.    Gavin.  .  .at  Detroit,    Mich Dec.    28,    '61  26 

2  Judd    M.    Mott at  Washington,    D.    C,    of   wounds    received 

in    action    June   28,    '63  29 

3  Henry   A.    Buck killed    in    action    at    Chickama-uga Sept.   19,    '63 

4  John    T.    Snoddy....at    Mound    City,    Kansas,    of    disease    con- 

tracted in  the  service  in  the  line  of  duty. April   21,    '64  29 

5  William  S.  Woodruff. at   Washington,    D.    C,    of   wounds   received 

in    action June   28, 

6  Henry  A.  Humphrey. at    Hudson,    Wis Feb.  6, 

7  Charles  S.  Patterson. at  New    York    City Dec.   15, 

8  John   W.    Horner ....  at  Osawatomie,     Kansas Aug.   16, 

9  George   M.    Danforth.at  Minneapolis,    Minn Jan.   9, 

10  John    W.    Paine drowned    at    Brighton,    Mich June   25, 

11  Luther    Beckwith at  Bay   City,    Mich Aug.   10, 

12  Myron  E.  N.  Howell. at  Washington,   D.     C Feb.   17, 

13  Samuel  E.   Smith.  .  .  .at  San    Francisco,     Cal Oct.   6, 

14  George  M.  Chester.  .  .at  Detroit.    Mich June   7, 

15  Henry  F.  Lyster at  Niles,    Mich Oct.   3, 

16  Hamilton    J.    Dennis,  at  Topeka,    Kansas     Oct.   12, 

17  Ozora    P.    Stearns.  .  .at  San  Diego,  Cal June   2, 

18  Otis   H.    McOmber.  .  .at  Kalamazoo,    Mich .May   13, 

19  Oscar  F.  Price at  Kenosha,   Wis Aug.   7, 

20  John  Q.  A.  Fritchey.  .at  Atlantic  City,   N.  J Sept.   3, 

21  Adam   K.    Spence at  Nashville,   Tenn April  24, 

22  Ruel  M.   Johnson.  .  .  .  at  Goshen,   Ind Nov.   12, 

23  Robert   S.   Moore at  Chillicothe,    Mo April   4, 

24  John  Graves    at  Detroit,    Mich April   21, 

25  Frank  Askew at  Kansas   City,    Mo April  28, 

26  Adoniram  J.   Loomis.a-t  Blue    Rapids,    Kansas March   2, 

27  E.  Bruce  Chandler.  .  .at  Chicago,    111 June  6, 

28  Fitch  Reed  Williams,  a-t  Elk  Rapids,    Mich July   13, 

29  Alexander  Richard.  .  .at  Tecumseh,  Mich Dec.   7, 

30  William   E.    Quinby.  .at  Detroit,    Mich June   7,    '08 

31  Charles    R.    Miller.  .  .at  Adrian,    Mich Oct.   13, 

32  Lewis    McLouth at  New  Britain,    Conn March   14, 

33  James    W.    Stark.  .  .  .art  Los   Angeles,    Cal Oct.  1, 

34  Wesley  A.  Green at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich Feb.   25, 

35  George   P.   Sweet.  .  .  .  at  West  Fork,    Mo Jan.   8. 

36  Daniel    Kloss    at  Claremont,    Col Jan.   11, 

37  Horace   Halbert    at  North  Fargo,  N.  D Feb.   5, 

38  Lyster   M.    O'Brien,  .at  Columbus,   O April   12, 

39  Browse  T.  Prentis.  .  .at  Detroit,   Mich May   4, 

40  Heman  B.  Burgess.  .  .at  Phittsmouth,    Nebr Sept.   7,    '12 

41  David    B.    Webster,  .at  Toledo,    O May   28,    '13 

42  Liberty  E.  Holden.  .  .at  Mentor,     O Aug.    26,    '13 


•64 

26 

•65 

33 

'73 

37 

'74 

41 

'81 

45 

'81 

42 

'85 

53 

'88 

55 

•88 

'91 

53 

'94 

58 

'94 

58 

'96 

65 

'97 

'97 

61 

'97 

67 

'00 

69 

'01 

65 

'02 

70 

'02 

73 

•02 

65 

'03 

69 

'04 

66 

'04 

70 

'05 

73 

'08 

72 

'08 

76 

'09 

73 

•09 

76 

'10 

78 

'11 

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'12 

81 

•12 

85 

'12 

75 

'12 

72 

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